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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...
Lehman insists that the Ariases, members of Panama's rabiblancos, or white élite, are just being greedy. They deny it, though they won't say how much of the money they would give to charity if they won. But Lehman says this tropical probate drama tests whether Panama's notoriously corrupt judicial system can be trusted to uphold the surge of legal contracts coming its way as the canal expands and Americans continue to move to Panama for cheaper living. "It's important that the poor children get this money and equally important that our legal system stop tarnishing...
...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...
...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...