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...important measure?foreign direct investment?India still lags Asia's other emerging giant, China. India is expected to receive only about 10% of the more than $80 billion that will pour into China this year. No matter. India's companies appear to have decided that if the world won't come to India, they'll go to the world...
...fact of the matter is we are there, and it is the central struggle at this point. The terrorists' only strategy is to break our will. They can't beat us in a stand-up fight. They never have. They go back, and they cite evidence of Beirut in 1983 and Somalia in 1993, when they killed Americans and then Americans withdrew. They think we don't have the stomach for the fight. For us to do what the Democrats--some Democrats--have suggested in Iraq would simply validate that strategy, would simply say to al-Qaeda, You're right...
...practical matter, people should keep their life insurance for life," says Michael Freedman, senior vice president at Coventry First, a leader in the life-settlement industry. "But things change." Some good reasons to want out of a life policy include the death or divorce of a beneficiary, a sudden need for funds or escalating premiums that have become unaffordable. Or maybe you've managed to save enough to become self-insured, meaning you can meet your dependent's needs with the assets that you have put away...
...true significance. Meanwhile, it's hard to say just what those correlations measure. "How do you know, for instance, that it's not mold or mildew in the counties that have a lot of rain?" says Vanderbilt University geneticist Pat Levitt. How do you know, for that matter, that as counties get more cable access, they don't also get more pediatricians scanning for autism? Easterbrook, although intrigued by the study, concedes that it could be indoor-air quality rather than television that exerts an influence. Moreover, says Drexel University epidemiologist Craig Newschaffer: "They ignore the reasonable body of evidence...
Gordon, a former student of Lewis, wrote that the professor’s visit will be “topical and useful” given the current debate in Hong Kong over issues addressed in his book that are a “matter of community interest and public policy...