Word: lites
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Jefferson's "cultivators of the earth" didn't have genetically engineered seeds or 530-horsepower tractors. They had 1-horsepower horses. And they didn't have subsidies either. In fact, most antebellum farmers opposed all federal aid to private enterprise, assuming it would just enrich manufacturing élites. The lesson of Husker Harvest Days is that modern farmers--at least the ones with most of the land and subsidies--are a new manufacturing élite. They just happen to be manufacturing food and fiber. Production agriculture is a high-tech, globalized business with economies of scale...
...shakeout scenario. Huw Van Steenis, an asset-management analyst with Morgan Stanley, told a forum of European hedge-fund managers in October that a "super-league" of funds is slowly taking control of the industry. In 2006, 67% of all assets under management were controlled by this élite group of the top 100 funds, compared with 49% in 2003. "We think there's going to be a Darwinian process, a sorting out of those who are actually producing a respectable performance and those who are not," says Giles Conway-Gordon, managing partner of San Francisco-based Cogo Wolf Asset...
...Really? Lift all public-service strictures from British broadcasting and what would remain? North argues that the élite would find a way to ensure that the sorts of programs they enjoy continue to be made. Andy Duncan, chief executive of Channel 4, disagrees, and vehemently. "There would be a huge reduction in the quality of television in this country. If people had a profit motive only there'd be less investment in content, particularly in some of the areas where quite clearly the market wouldn't provide as much...
...could easily turn very lethal. Indeed, in recent days there have been battles between the Sadr and Hakim forces in Karbala and Basra. The next crucial U.S. military decision is, How deeply do we get involved in this fight? Do we side with the Hakims, who are more élite and less popular than the Sadrists? Do we continue what we are doing now--sporadic raids targeting the special groups and police actions aimed at the street gangs in Baghdad? Do we expand our anti-Sadr actions into the southern third of Iraq, a course of action that could prove...
...it’s conducive to drinking games, and you can drink a Solo cup full of it without landing in University Health Services. But every time my father offers me a sip from his bottle during a football game, or I find myself with a can of Natty Lite at a room party, I’m going to pass on it. And it’s not because I’m a killjoy...