Word: lacks
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Conservative Party of Canada; as the nation's 22nd Prime Minister, ending the 13-year rule of the Liberal Party; in Ottawa. Harper, with his wife and children on election night, above, moderated his reputation as a humorless right-winger, joking on the campaign trail about his lack of charisma. He made ethics in government a plank in his platform, capitalizing on voter exhaustion with incumbent Paul Martin's scandal-ridden Liberals. But because the Conservatives failed to win a House of Commons majority, Harper's government, which is expected to improve Canada's relations with the U.S., will need...
...ahead of India. But the momentum is with the underdog: China dropped three places this year, while India moved up five, largely because of India's greater technological prowess. Both are marked down for corruption - a frequent refrain at Davos sessions this year - and a chronic lack of infrastructure. INDIA, says Michael E. Porter, a Harvard Business School professor and expert on competitiveness. China is exporting massively, but "it's still adding relatively little value," he says. Moreover, China's companies tend not to be very profitable, and there is a dearth of Chinese brands. By contrast, "India is further...
Adult readers intrigued by the influx of Asian comix, but discouraged by the lack of fare that appeals to anyone over 15, got some good news recently: Late last year, two different North American publishers released a pair of strikingly similar books from Japan and South Korea whose style will radically alter many Americans' view of Asian comix. Yoshihiro Tatsumi's The Push Man and Other Stories (Drawn & Quarterly; 202 pages; $20) and Seyong O's Buja's Diary (NBM; 280 pages; $20) belong in the library of anyone with an interest in the culture and arts of Asia...
...could say that the main thing we have to fear is the lack of fear itself," Summers said...
...Harvard president warns on global imbalances," by Chris Giles in The Financial Times "Lawrence Summers, the president of Harvard University and former US Treasury secretary, has warned that there is a dangerous degree of complacency about global economic imbalances. Commenting on the general lack of concern at the World Economic Forum about the soaring US trade, Mr Summers recalled the sense of calm that existed before the Mexcian crisis in 1994 and the bursting of the technology bubble in 2000. 'The time of greatest serenity was also the time of greatest risk...