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...manned fighter planes, that the total number of military drones has increased drastically from 167 in 2001 to 5,500 today, that under Obama’s presidency alone we’ve already ordered dozens to eliminate al Qaeda and Taliban operatives? CNN.com blithely reports on one Major Morgan Adams, who pilots a Predator sending Hellfire missiles into Iraq and Afghanistan: “He kisses his wife goodbye, drives to Creech, a tiny desert air force base in Nevada, and within minutes could be killing insurgents on the other side of the world.” Now soldiers...
...frustrating experiences. These experiences provide subtle, et important clues as to why many developing communities stagnate in poverty. I believe it is the failure to understand these less obvious driving forces of poverty that cause even giant organizations like the International Monetary Fund and World Bank to fail in major development projects. But most importantly, these experiences teach us the value of perseverance in development work while ignoring bureaucratic fluff...
...global economic crisis dealt a blow to Japan's export-led economy, and there was little to fall back on. Domestic consumption and investment need to be closer to the center of economic growth, and that requires major change, including regulatory reform. Leaning less on export-oriented growth doesn't mean cutting back on exports if the government uses deregulation to stimulate domestic consumption, says Naohiro Yashiro, an economics professor at Tokyo's International Christian University. The DPJ plans to do that by increasing household income through monthly child allowances and the elimination of highway tolls, which should have...
...have taught one undergraduate course every year for the past 7 years,” Ham wrote in his statement. “One undergraduate student, [William F. Andress ’04], who I worked with in my first year, wrote 6 major papers, and he got the Hoopes prize.” In addition to teaching this fall, Ham will also continue to research alongside graduate students, who he said are the “best and brightest.” “I work with extremely talented graduate students with tremendous intellectual virtuosity and high ideals...
...Official results were still being counted, but exit polls by all major media said Hatoyama's Democratic Party of Japan had won more than 300 of the 480 seats in the lower house of parliament. That would easily be enough to ensure that he is installed as prime minister in a special session of parliament that is expected to be held in mid-September...