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...truth is, the unelected leaders of the Middle East have been happy to learn from Dubai's successes and failures without having to take such risks themselves. In part, that's because Dubai is not more but less politically free than other places in the region. Sheik Mohammed al-Maktoum, the Emir of Dubai, is able to take daring risks not just because he is a hereditary ruler, but because he is unaccountable to the vast majority of Dubai residents, 95% of whom are foreign and who live in Dubai subject to his favor. Other places in the gulf have...
...Greek Drachmas would get you $3.33. By May 2000, that was down to 27¢. That's the way the currency crumbles in a smallish, less than rich nation beset by government budget deficits, inflation and a spotty record of economic policymaking. Convincing foreign investors to buy your debt is a struggle. Financial life is difficult in ways scarcely imagined by inhabitants of the lucky (and not large) club of nations with solid currencies...
...best reality shows can be much more engrossing, complex and diverse than your average TV cop show. Last year The Amazing Race included the team of bisexual screenwriter Mike White and his gay minister father Mel White, giving a more nuanced, less stereotypical portrayal of both sexual orientation and faith than most big-network dramas would...
...York City Police Department as entities that in the mid-1990s were able to effect "rapid U-turns from the brink of doom to stellar success." (Hence Domino's Pizza's new ad campaign, the Pizza Turnaround, which highlights its efforts to make its core product taste less like cardboard.) (See TIME's education covers...
...iceberg-and-carrot things it used to offer. The Southwest Salad, which appeared in 2007, comes with a lime wedge and a credible corn salsa. Similarly, the new Angus Third Pounders - a line of relatively expensive and meaty hamburgers that have 66% more beef than a Big Mac and less bread - are just as tasty as the triple-the-price burgers at T.G.I. Friday...