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...corollary of the thesis that America has exhausted its ability to create employment even though the population in the country is no longer growing rapidly is that any expansion in innovation or increased industrial activity will happen somewhere else. That place or those places have already been identified as India, China, and the other vibrant economies of southern Asia and Latin America. The case in their favor is simple. They have cheap labor. But, cheap labor is itself exhaustible. China has created a middle class, and so has India. The people in those middle classes will expect to be paid...
Besser: There are a number of preparatory measures we are undertaking, including the possible decision to produce a vaccine for H1N1. And that will be very important because should we decide to produce one, we want to make sure everything has been put in place that allows that to happen quickly. The other thing we want to do is look very closely and carefully at what takes place in the Southern Hemisphere during its upcoming flu season. How will this virus do compared to the others out there? That's an important question. Will it be mutating, in terms...
...Coast for nationals at the beginning of the summer.“There is a wide open field at nationals,” Garrity said. “Three teams have consistently been at the top of the standings all year, but for the rest of us, anything can happen.”The northern California waters will also present the Crimson with a different environment than it is used to sailing in.“San Francisco is an extremely windy venue, and we must take into account wind and currents while we are out there...
...More than a year later, I learned that he had allowed [the woman] into our lives and had not, even when he knew better, made her leave us alone. I tried to get him to explain, but he did not know himself why he had allowed it to happen. In months of talking with him, I have come to understand his liaison with this woman, if I have, not as a substitute for me. Those with any fame or notoriety or power attract people for good reasons and bad. Some want to contribute and some want to take something away...
...inadequate response. Mihir Joshi, 28, is a DJ and musician in south Mumbai who says he has become politically active for the first time in his life because of "26/11." What still troubles him isn't the motivation of the terrorists. Instead, he wonders, "How could this happen? What is our system doing? How the hell did it take four days for this to be resolved?" he says. "That is what is appalling. How can we get someone in power that can make something happen...