Word: importance
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These were whiffs of change rather than full-blown breakthroughs, and there were those who discounted their import. The North Koreans had succumbed, it was said, only because of pressure from China and some folding by the U.S. on who should be at the table. Skeptics insisted that Rafsanjani was just playing local politics; he was hoping to reinvigorate his flagging, centrist political party for next year's parliamentary elections by appealing to Iran's pro-American, pro-reform majority. But make no mistake: none of this would be happening were it not for George W. Bush. He invented...
Coffee is the second largest import to the U.S. after oil, and the country consumes one-fifth of all the coffee produced worldwide—making it the largest consumer in the world. Yet despite our surmountable influence in the market, few Americans realize that their consumer choices can adversely affect coffee farmers who often go underpaid for their work. Many small coffee farmers rely on intermediates to buy and bundle their individual crops to sell to larger corporations. But these middlemen pay farmers incredibly low rates for their harvests—at prices that are often less than...
...These were whiffs of change rather than full-blown breakthroughs, and there were those who discounted their import. The North Koreans had succumbed, it was said, only because of pressure from China and some folding by the U.S. on who should be at the table. Skeptics insisted that Rafsanjani was just playing local politics; he was hoping to reinvigorate his flagging, centrist political party for next year's parliamentary elections by appealing to Iran's pro-American, pro-reform majority. But make no mistake: none of this would be happening were it not for George W. Bush. He invented...
Here's how Acid works: you import an MP3, then "paint" it onto a layer of your master track. Can't stand that slow intro? Use the eraser tool. Want to sample Sarah Vaughan singing a single line from Summertime? Cut and paste it as many times as you like. When you paint the second tune over the first, click on it to change the pitch, tempo and volume until they match. It's that simple...
...media outlets were in a flurry after the images were determined to be a hoax. Japan-based street-fashion photographer Kjeld Duits claims that these pictures—photoshopped to perfection—are regular fare in porn magazines. Worldwide credulity and the enthusiasm of Western business moguls to import the fake trend, however, highlights the larger cultural issue of the “Asian Fetish.” Harvard-Radcliffe Japan Society spokesperson and Student Activities Council representative Sae Takada ’03 says, “I think it’s appalling how eagerly people believed...