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...surprise when, in the early 1950s, that logic began to work its way into development efforts around the world. By the end of the Eisenhower Administration, government programs were lending millions to developing countries. The borrowing picked up in the 1970s, when many of these same nations--happy to pay higher interest rates in exchange for cash--turned to global banks for loans. Gleaming skyscrapers and industrial plants sprouted--all bought with money to be repaid when these nations exploded into international markets...
...Bush the Father's administration. The choice means to suggest a reassuring continuity that was interrupted for eight years by the (it is to be inferred) adolescent regime of Bill Clinton. Prince W., running with one of his father's old chamberlains, gambles on the attraction of the logic of restoration - the reassertion of a disrupted order...
...feel somewhat sorry for these pharmaceutical companies - the idea of profiting off human misery may seem reprehensible, but it is, after all, the very logic of the market economy in medicine. Pharmaceutical corporations are not venal or callous; they're simply corporations. And they behave as corporations are supposed to do, maximizing their profits, protecting and expanding their market share and pumping money into the political process to keep Washington sweet on their interests...
...type of business. A trusted board of directors, of whom half are family members, should assist in the succession plan. "Too many entrepreneurs work in the business, not on the business," says Eddy. "This is where an impartial board can help with a strategy that's based on logic and sense and not emotion...
While the article, "Ford Urges Bush to Select Pro-Choicer as Running Mate," could have easily been relegated to the editorial section, there's nothing wrong with the piece; the former president's logic is hardly out of left field (and what better pundit than he on the caprices of the vice-presidency?). Apparently Ford, found celebrating his 87th birthday at his Rocky Mountain vacation home, is convinced that a George W. Bush victory hinges on the governor's ability to find a "quietly" pro-choice running mate, like Pennsylvania governor Tom Ridge. Ridge's selection will appeal to moderate...