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...take sustainable roots in their nations. But many of them are not attracted to the cultural-economic box in which the sponsored democracy comes packaged. Only a few world leaders have had the courage to go straight to the heart of the matter: the birth and intensity of this century's irrational militancy has less to do with the absence of democracy than with desperate anger at the stranglehold of a long, unjust Middle East policy. Although it is still a decade away, one hopes that Ferguson's prophecy of peace in the ravaged region through mass-produced fuel-cell...
...political upheavals Egypt has experienced during his lifetime. His main contribution, says Sasson Somekh, a visiting professor of Arabic literature at Princeton, is the 'creation of a new Egyptian style' that combines the narrative manner of classic texts such as The Thousand and One Nights with contemporary subject matter ... Retired in 1971 from his post as an adviser to the Minister of Culture, he spends most of his time in cafés, drinking coffee and exchanging gossip. HE IS ALSO KNOWN AS ONE OF THE BEST JOKE TELLERS IN CAIRO, no small compliment in a land noted...
Ross said she believes that the other two primary candidates are not spending enough time on issues that matter to voters...
Likability trainer Tim Sanders calls this "flash consulting." "You don't want consultants crawling through your company like ants with a big bill attached," he says."Companies like to hire a subject-matter expert." Teaching people to be more likable in the workplace--improving their "emotional talent"--is one of Sanders' niches. For each client, he consults by phone for several months, then presents one or more custom-tailored speeches with e-mail follow-up. "I speak with an author's credibility and give specific advice," he says...
...started Saturday for the first time since suffering stress fractures in her face during a collision two weeks ago against St. Mary’s. However, starting defender and sophomore Allison Keeley will not be back on the team for at least four weeks with a stress fracture. No matter what the team’s injury situation, the opportunities for success are there, but now, for the Crimson, it’s a matter of finishing. “We did a lot of what we wanted to do,” Walsh said...