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Your article notes that Europeans have learned that the force of arms rarely settles political disputes for long. But it does not note that Europe spreads beyond E.U. borders. The Council of Europe encompasses some 800 million citizens, unified by a vision of human rights. Call it soft power if you like, but it exerts a strong and fruitful influence in every member state, from Russia to Turkey, to Iceland and Italy...
...about a homemade version on a food blog and, as Kogi's publicist, helped hype them through masterful Twitter and website work, which turned the truck's mysterious whereabouts into a hipster happening.) Choi's amazing food has become one of the movement's signature successes. Kogi made $2 million in revenue in its first year, on checks averaging $13 per person. It has given rise to a number of copycat Korean-taco trucks and inspired the Baja Fresh chain to add short-rib tacos to its menu...
...Caesar salad costs $1.80 to make," he says, putting out a Marlboro. The insane markups come from a tired old formula, he continues: "Get a space in a high-rent district and hire [ultra-opulent interior architect] Adam Tihany to design it. It costs $1.5 [million] to $2 million for you to open a restaurant. So what's your attitude? 'We have to gouge those m____________.'"(Watch Roy Choi turn street food into high...
Google appears ready to leave China and its more than 380 million Internet users behind. When the search giant launched a local service in China in 2006, it agreed to censor query results on controversial terms like Tibet--while reserving the right to alert users that it was doing so. Initially sanguine, Beijing began to add restrictions in 2009. Tensions reached a breaking point in January after a China-based cyberattack on Gmail. Google then vowed to stop self-censoring--a move that, according to a Beijing spokesman on March 12, would have "consequences." Ironically, those consequences might be gravest...
...help the U.S. keep up with global competitors in high-speed Internet access, Federal Communications Commission officials announced a sweeping proposal to extend broadband connections across the country and boost speeds to up to 25 times the current national average. The National Broadband Plan would connect 100 million U.S. households to affordable Internet service over the next decade. With 93 million Americans currently unable to get a high-speed connection at home, the U.S. ranks 12th globally in broadband connectivity...