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...networks, with Google planning to choose its test site later this year. Such a plan isn't cheap: depending on how many people Google chooses to link up, analysts say costs could run north of $1 billion to install and maintain the new network. (See pictures of work and life at Google...
...essential so "the Haitian people can reclaim their destiny" [Jan. 25]. However, he misses one point that is key to Haiti's becoming self-sustaining, and that is cultural change. The mix of West African religious and cultural influences prevalent in the country, like voodoo, sends the message that life is dictated by magic, and planning has no effect on the future. Haitian culture must be redeveloped and restructured, and although the circumstances are tragic, this is a time to change in order for the country to move forward and, as Clinton puts it, "escape the chains of the past...
...previous life as a nightclub owner, Dimitris went through this routine frequently. He estimates he paid about a fifth of his revenue in bribes - to tax collectors, health inspectors, police and other officials. Small firms "are essentially obligated to conduct business this way," he says. "There are so many legal barriers to conducting businesses that they'll shut you down otherwise." (See pictures of retailers which have gone out of business...
...essential so "the Haitian people can reclaim their destiny" [Jan. 25]. However, he misses one point that is key to Haiti's becoming self-sustaining, and that is cultural change. The mix of West African religious and cultural influences prevalent in the country, like voodoo, sends the message that life is dictated by magic, and planning has no effect on the future. Haitian culture must be redeveloped and restructured, and although the circumstances are tragic, this is a time to change in order for the country to move forward and, as Clinton puts it, "escape the chains of the past...
...disaster in Vancouver felt uniquely awful, for two reasons. First, its occurrence just hours before the opening ceremony created a somber and painful situation: A man had just lost his life preparing for a multibillion-dollar sporting spectacle, yet participants were obliged to sing, dance and play their fiddles in celebration of it. Let the games begin! Second, while the Beijing murder was a terrible tragedy, it was a random act of violence. On Friday, an athlete was killed pursuing what Olympic officials sell as the epitome of purity: Go faster, go higher...