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...center of power, the center of the earth, the center of the globe, is going to be shifting towards Asia, because that's where all the money is. Have you ever heard of anybody saying, "Let's go to where all of the debtors are"? It just doesn't happen that...
...experts who analyze the failures of the economies of the largest countries in the world got a chance, for the first time since the downturn began, to contemplate what would happen if one more leg is kicked off the stool. The stock market responded with a shudder yesterday but at least did not collapse in response to the weekend media blitz about the Swine Flu outbreak. The reaction of the world's markets is likely to be close to panic if this disease becomes widespread and lethal. (See pictures of the swine flu outbreak in Mexico...
...says. "You always ask yourself, Is it me? Is it him [her ex-husband]? I had my kids late - in my mid-30s. Was I on the birth control pill too long? I never did drugs. I don't smoke. I can't figure out why this would happen to us. That's why I wanted to do the genetic testing...
...Harvard Allston Task Force member, said after the meeting that while the presentation was intended to be a broad overview, he would rather the BRA focus more on specific development issues such as the Charlesview apartment relocation and not plans that “may or may not happen in 10 or 20 years...
There is an illogic here. If the incentives for piracy are economic, then a decreased likelihood of booty ought to curtail it. Yet no one seems to expect this to happen. Papers relay the boasts of pirates that they will exact "revenge" on Americans. How so? On whose behalf? Such solidarity is less typical of entrepreneurs than it is of terrorists and guerrillas. When Phillips' captors ran out of fuel, they radioed other pirate-held ships for help. There is talk of pirate dens on and near the Somali coasts: Harardhere, Eyl, Boosaaso. "Den" is a quaint, Peter...