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...Asians I've met used to say America is the country that defeated the Nazis and won the cold war. Now, in the mainstream, I hear that America "was" the country that performed those noble services. This 21st century incarnation, with Bush at the helm, "is" the country that they feel countenances Israeli occupation of Palestine, that never articulated a convincing or consistent case for war against Iraq, and that has temporarily suspended tenets of its own Constitution...
...retail business was a Canadian emigre, Garfield Weston, who created individually packaged loaves. His son Garry built publicly traded Associated British Foods (ABF) during the postwar years and acquired dozens of assets, including British Sugar and the luxury London store Fortnum & Mason. During Garry's 33 years at the helm, ABF's value soared by a factor of 30, and it is currently the biggest family-controlled company on the London Stock Exchange, with annual sales of $7 billion...
Trying to get into an Inul Daratista show is like trying to storm the ramparts of Helm's Deep?it's musty, dark, smoky, crowded and the mob seems possessed by a demonic, or at least lascivious, force. The young men have traveled many kilometers to the one-mosque town of Pelaihari in Indonesia's South Kalimantan province to see the country's hottest and most controversial dangdut singer. They're rowdy, they're eager and, in clear defiance of the laws of physics, all 10,000 of them want in, now, through the soccer stadium's single narrow entrance...
Jones said Kaplan may use what he learned from research at KSG to guide his choices as he takes the helm of special events coverage...
Jane Edwards, who has served as the director of international studies at Wesleyan University since 1994, will take helm as the first Director of OIP this summer...