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...presidency is also highly controversial in South Africa and is being debated by the public and civil society who are holding him to account," University of Sheffield journalism lecturer Herman Wasserman says. "[It has] created a robust debate about him, which has caused his approval to be at a low point at the moment." Raymond Louw, editor and publisher of the Southern Africa Report, a South Africa-based weekly, believes Zuma's recent behavior in some ways merits the crude treatment by the press. Last month, for instance, Zuma admitted to fathering a child out of wedlock, causing a national...
Asked to name the beleaguered Western currency that sits near a 10-month low against the dollar and has lost 7% against the greenback already this year, most people would probably plump for the euro. They'd be wrong. Europe's single currency - walloped by the big economic problems in Greece - is hardly having a stellar year. But for a currency well and truly in the pickle, look no further than the pound...
...colleagues do not recommend flooding trading floors or K Street lobbyists' offices with light in order to enforce ethical behavior - at least not yet. But they do speculate that even when we communicate via e-mail, we may be more inclined to lie or distort if the lights are low than if the room were filled with sunshine. Perhaps the next time you - or your kids - sit down at the computer to chat or text, it's best to raise the blinds and insist that the person on the other...
Yesterday’s e-mail continues a long-standing effort by Faust to improve diversity on campus. Faust ascended to the Presidency in 2007 under the shadow of former University President Larry Summers’ comments alleging that the relatively low number of tenured women in science and math departments might be explained by women having a lower aptitude for those subjects than...
...Crazies” is an intense, enjoyable, and surprisingly clever vision of a zombie apocalypse in rural America that accomplishes exactly what it sets out to do; raise your blood pressure, clench your teeth, and make you high-five the stranger next to you. Maximizing its low-budget special effects, “The Crazies” successfully remakes the 1973 George A. Romero cult classic of the same name by stringing together a series of frightening and gory situations while simultaneously—and unexpectedly—presenting uncommonly deep themes for the genre...