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...result, the best copy editors aren’t necessarily conservative, as one might assume; they’re instead those who are aware of the conservative rules and consciously decide how to apply them. I’m personally not ready to switch over to “healthcare”—but it’s not a contradiction to say I won’t get in the way of those...
...spot these plush digs from the highway. Hence new signage, from branding consultant Interbrand Design Forum, that's designed to signal this new, modern spirit. The signature color was updated from forest green to a punchier yellow-green. The famous script now slants to the right instead of the left. "Handwriting analysis told us this was more forward-looking," says Amanda Yates of Interbrand. Yup, they analyze this stuff. Green bulbs illuminate Holiday Inns; blue beams shine up the walls of Holiday Inn Expresses. It's "an inexpensive way," says Scott Smith, also of Interbrand, "to make all that different...
...some in Kenya's government believe that "Brother Barack," as he is known, has not reciprocated the love that they feel for him. Nor has Obama made good on their hopes that his Kenyan ancestry might lead him to give their country some kind of preferential treatment. Instead, Obama seems determined to use what influence he has in the way a parent might withhold love from an errant child. "I sometimes think Obama's roots in Kenya can actually be a problem," Prime Minister Raila Odinga said in a recent newspaper interview. "Kenya is always being held to different standards...
...Aaron Ringera earlier this month despite his failure to confront corruption.) Though Ringera's resignation was considered a good sign, the Kenyan government's primary response to the letters was to accuse Obama of a breach of protocol for writing to the 15 officials directly rather than to Kibaki. Instead of acknowledging the slow pace of reform, Foreign Minister Moses Wetangula suggested that actions like the U.S.'s could "precipitate the hardening of the mood over the reform process." Then Kenyan officials blamed U.S. ambassador Michael Ranneberger, who was given the task of announcing that the letters were sent. Ranneberger...
...Relations between Karzai and his Western backers deteriorated significantly over the past couple of years, particularly after the onset of the Obama Administration. Instead of stinging Karzai into cleaning up his act, public criticism from Washington enabled him to set himself up as a leader at odds with the U.S., boosting his support in some sections of the population. He sought to strengthen his position through alliances with regional power brokers, including warlords accused of major human-rights abuses and known drug traffickers - people he will be beholden to as he enters a second term...