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...Mich. - an upscale Detroit suburb - had a hair out of place. Maybe more than one. He was in his shirtsleeves. He was, as a spokesman said, "the stripped-down, acoustic Romney - Romney unplugged." The clunky chimera candidate who tried so hard to prove his conservative credentials had become a model of simplicity with one major theme: He was a successful "can-do CEO," in the words of state G.O.P. chairman Saul Anuzis, "who knows how to get jobs back...
Previously a model nation for the rest of Africa both politically and economically, Kenya has in recent weeks devolved into bloody, ethnically-fueled chaos, leaving an estimated 500 people dead, and hundreds of thousands displaced. As the crisis has deepened, some—including Raila Odinga, the opposition presidential candidate who was ruled the looser in the recent election—have called for foreign intervention to stabilize the country and correct the power-grab that seems to have occurred. At present, however, such a move by the United States would be counterproductive and should not be attempted...
...exports also impede democratization. Tom Friedman of the New York Times even argues that democratization and the price of oil move in inverse proportion: when the price of oil goes up, he argues, crackdowns on political freedom ensue. Much academic ink has been spilled in pursuit of a model that can accurately link oil wealth and lack of freedom...
...model this performance after any specific performances in film? I know it's been compared - even you, have spoken in reference to The Verdict and Paul Newman...
...trying to match the popular but mind-numbing game shows and reality television that now dominate the schedules of private broadcasters for what Sarkozy called "purely mercantile" reasons. Instead, public broadcasters could focus on quality documentary, educational, and fiction programming. "This is a revolution that, by changing the economic model of public television, would change the entire nature of cultural policy in our communication society," Sarkozy said...