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...Abimola said. However, Abimola said, the continent’s historical record continues to hurt international investment. While companies are eager to invest in India and China, they remain skeptical of corruption in African business and government. “Many investment bankers are very narrow-minded and lack a vision for the future,” Abimola said. “We’re at a disadvantage because people are always checking up on us,” Due to the lack of existing infrastructure in Africa, Abimola has cultivated an alternative business model. Rather than building...
Water: Clean water out of the tap is one of the great innovations of the modern age - and something that billions of people in the rest of the world lack. But if you live on the right kind of land, you can dig your own well - as more than 17 million Americans currently do. The process is simple - dig a hole into the ground and get a pump that will pull out the water. Generally the deeper you drill, the better the water - but the cost can range from $3,000 to $15,000 depending on how far down...
...Israeli political consensus, however, that it's quite possible that February's election will fail to break the impasse. Israel's proportional representation system means that even if Livni does manage to fend off the powerful challenge of right-wing former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, she may still lack a majority capable of forcing through a peace agreement that will ignite fierce, and probably violent, resistance from militant right-wing West Bank settlers. Israeli democracy has not given any political party or politically coherent bloc a clear majority in parliament since...
...shot from the television series Prison Break, Lee noted that the Asian character was pushed into the background, and in fact, “invisible.” During the workshop, participants suggested reasons for and exceptions to stereotypes about Asian male sexuality. One participant said there was a lack of attractive Asian men in the media, while another mentioned a friend who didn’t understand the effeminate Asian male stereotypes—in her hometown, the Asian men were all hyper-masculine. Ultimately, Lee placed the responsibility of breaking the stereotypes on Asian men themselves...
...Franklin Field, with the lone win in that stretch coming in the Crimson’s perfect 2004 season. GROUNDED Harvard’s rushing attack, which has struggled at times this season, managed just four total yards against Columbia’s stingy defense on Saturday. Though the lack of emphasis was in part due to the Crimson’s success through the air, Harvard was not pleased with that result. “We obviously didn’t run the ball well today,” Murphy said. “Our offense is the type...