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...pitied the policeman. I had always viewed my heritage as a burden because I grew up in a nation that was foreign to my parents. What an unpleasant surprise for my teenage self to find an entire country of people similarly stifled by their Indianness, even in their native land...
...country. Determined to steal my thunder, Giridharadas wrote about a transformation of the Indian population’s psyche. “They don’t crave our mayonnaise and khakis anymore... Indian accents are now cooler than British ones... How fortunate to live in a land you needn’t leave to become your fullest possible self.” How fortunate to possess a rich and vibrant culture, one whose allure fascinates yet eludes a generation of Indian-Americans who return to the land of their parents to remind them of a history they never truly...
Abbas has refused to relaunch negotiations with the Israelis until they agree to the freeze on construction on land conquered in 1967 - as Obama has demanded - and agree to negotiate on all final-status issues, including sharing Jerusalem and the fate of Palestinian refugees. Netanyahu's government has offered only a partial settlement freeze and refuses to negotiate over Jerusalem or refugees. So while Abbas will glumly show up in New York City, he has no intention of relaunching negotiations on the terms currently on offer. "The Americans have failed to convince the Israelis to halt settlement, and now they...
...beautiful skies of St. Helena, Calif. provided the Harvard men’s tennis team with the ambience to challenge tough opponents and see how they could fare in the upcoming season. The Crimson attended the Land Rover Napa Valley Tennis Classic, a round robin tournament that featured three strong teams from around the nation: UC Berkeley, University of Michigan (No. 33 in the nation last year), and University of Mississippi (No. 4 at the end of last season). These high-ranking opponents gave Harvard the tests needed to diagnose their problems in order to build on last season...
...happen if we went on a T-bill buying strike.) But holding your debt does give us leverage, and we have some decisions to make now. Specifically, we'd like to diversify our purchases because the dollar is getting weaker by the day and we want hard assets. Companies, land, buildings, amusement parks, golf courses, whatever. Our sovereign wealth fund - the China Investment Corp. - is already looking at possible investments, as are some of our state-owned companies. A few years ago, one of our better-run companies, CNOOC, tried to buy a second-tier oil company in Los Angeles...