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...might ultimately lead to economic reforms. And for foreign investors lured by what Devonshire-Ellis calls the "barren romance" of the place, North Korea holds obvious, if modest, attractions: a highly literate workforce with average daily wages that are about half what Chinese earn; abundant mineral resources, including coal, iron ore and gold; a cash-on-the-barrel economy; and virtually no competition. It's not hard to gain a first-mover advantage, after all, if everyone else is standing still...
...Which brings me to my next point—the movie “Dragon Wars” sucks. Yeah, dragons rule. Yeah, they have awesome powers and are so powerful that they could destroy everybody and rule with an iron first and vanquish the entire planet with their kick-assness...
...Haggard has always had his guitar hardwired to the gutbucket pulse of Middle America. Back in the Vietnam era, he seemed the essence of a historic political migration: white males fleeing the feminized, antiwar, politically correct Democratic Party. He was your basic Reagan Democrat, fully loaded with a resonant, iron-edged voice and the ability to write razor lyrics that stuck in the mind and the craw. His brilliant anthem-Okie from Muskogee-became a rallying cry for those who were disgusted by the "hippies out in San Francisco" smoking marijuana and burning draft cards. His next patriotic volley...
...first woman to hijack an airplane. Five venues, including the Harvard Film Archive and the Kendall Square Cinema, are featuring over 40 films and shorts, many of which have never been shown in the U.S. Dealing with a variety of topics ranging from the so-called “Iron Wall” to driving a cab in Los Angeles, the festival runs for nine days has surprised even its organizers with its popularity. According to Nitin Sawhney, a member of the festival’s organizing committee, one of the greatest difficulties faced was convincing...
...Anniversary of Hope On every anniversary of Sept. 11, I think of how much trust was lost among so many Americans and Muslims [Sept. 17]. Yet not long after that tragic day, one seemingly delicate American woman with an iron will and amazing intellect trusted my family and me with her most precious treasures for a week: she left her two teenage daughters with us in Montreal when she went to a conference in the U.S. In that moment of difficulty, she trusted a bearded Muslim colleague at her university and his veiled wife. God knows I would have given...