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...much for picnics and exploring the countryside: many of the roads out of Kabul are no longer safe for foreigners. That includes the one snaking down into the Kabul Gorge where the British were massacred. More surprising, it also includes the main Kabul-Kandahar highway, which was supposed to be a symbol to Afghans of the benefits of an American-backed government. If you're a foreigner or a rich Afghan, you can fly to Kandahar. Otherwise, ordinary Afghans have to take their chances with the Taliban and the bandits along the highway. "Three years ago" one foreign academic...
...export-oriented growth doesn't mean cutting back on exports if the government uses deregulation to stimulate domestic consumption, says Naohiro Yashiro, an economics professor at Tokyo's International Christian University. The DPJ plans to do that by increasing household income through monthly child allowances and the elimination of highway tolls, which should have the same effect as tax cuts. It also aims to develop new environmental technologies and create jobs in nursing, health care and agriculture. Toshihiro Ihori, an economics professor at Tokyo University, says that in addition to regulatory reform, offering favorable treatment to skilled foreign labor...
...that last part - Warner Bros., the studio in charge of the Final Destination horror films, is a corporate sibling of your favorite website - but there's no question that the series has been a triennial cash cow. The 2000 original (plane crash) earned $113 million worldwide; the 2003 sequel (highway crash) took in $90 million; and the third (roller-coaster ride), in 2006, took in another $113 million. And since each movie was made for a thrifty $25 million, there are big profits in the franchise. The only obligation for the screenwriters going forward is to come up with...
...from leather sofas to chrome toilet-bowl cleaners. Branding has been a large part of the Swedish chain's success - what urban dweller today, whether in Atlanta or Kuala Lumpur, doesn't recognize that bright blue warehouse, glowing like a beacon of fine living, at the side of the highway? And its signature typeface, a customized version of Futura, has long been an integral part of that brand. But with its 2010 catalogue now arriving in mailboxes, the supplier of headboards and coffee tables to the world's thrifty and trendy has switched to what it sees as a more...
...Kennedy is gone as well. Tens of thousands of people lined the highway between Hyannis Port and Boston as his body was moved to his brother's library to lie in state, where many thousands more waited to pay respects. There will be another funeral, this one with four Presidents in attendance. His body will lie beside his brothers' at Arlington. His followers will fight to keep his dream alive...