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...Shaozhong, deputy head of the Beijing Environmental Protection Bureau, told reporters Monday that the region of Inner Mongolia, the neighboring city of Tianjin and nearby provinces of Hebei, Shanxi, and Shandong would strengthen air pollution controls as well, but he did not give specifics. Those measures will be key because research has shown that even if Beijing could eliminate all its homegrown emissions, pollution from the surrounding region could push the capital's air to dangerous levels. The capital is also expected to restrict the use of private vehicles during the Games...
...amidst opposition cries of rigged elections, Mugabe launched a dictatorial land reform that obliterated productivity. But rather than benefiting disenfranchised black peasants, the program left Mugabe’s inner circle of political allies with much of the land. With the main source of hard currency in shambles the spectacular crash of a once-thriving economy, inflation took off. The government printed trillions of dollars, and inflationary expectations became embedded in the economic cycle...
...chronicle of American city life set in Baltimore and, in particular, the open-air drug markets of the its most impoverished areas. At the Institue of Politics, Simon and his co-panelists discussed about the true-to-life themes of the show, including urban violence and the deterioration of inner-city schools, as experts from academia, journalism, and the Boston Police Department have witnessed them. The roster of experts assembled to comment on “The Wire” and on the American drug trade included Boston Police Department deputy superintendent Nora Baston, Columbia sociologist Sudhir A. Venkatesh...
...show to the fourth, as a cop who becomes a teacher?JTF: My character was definitely modeled after the career of Ed [Burns, writer for “The Wire”], but I wasn’t supposed to directly represent him. The job of teacher in an inner-city Baltimore school is difficult. In the first year as teacher, you’re just trying to make it through. Teachers come and go all the time, and the students don’t trust you. The biggest challenge is just trying to keep a semblance of order, making...
...campaign announced Sunday that his duties as chief strategist will now be carried out by communications director Howard Wolfson and pollster Geoff Garin, who joined the campaign a few weeks ago. But the morning after his demotion, Penn participated in a morning conference call of the campaign's inner circle, and he was involved in debate preparation that afternoon...