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Well, again, throughout history, the center of the world has shifted to where the capital is, where the assets are. You don't see any period in history where things are shifting to the debtors, and America's the largest debtor nation in the history of the world. Unless something's different this time, unless the world's changed very very dramatically, the center of the influence, the center of power, the center of the earth, the center of the globe, is going to be shifting towards Asia, because that's where all the money is. Have you ever heard...
That fluidity was perhaps the only certainty of the fast-changing situation. On Monday morning, a 5.6 earthquake in Mexico added to that country's woes, where the death count from suspected swine flu cases had climbed to 152 and more than 1,600 people across the nation had fallen ill. So far, laboratories have confirmed only 26 of Mexico's cases, including seven deaths, as swine flu. In an effort to stem further spread of the apparently deadly disease, the Mexican government announced that all schools would be closed until at least...
Opening its doors in 1884, Jefferson was not only one of the oldest physics buildings in the nation, but also one of the first buildings to be created for both research and education...
Harvard’s business and medical schools are top in the nation once again, according to rankings published by U.S. News and World Report. The medical school dominated the “research” category—with a overall score of 100, versus the second-place school, Johns Hopkins, at 81. Jules L. Dienstag, Dean for Medical Education, said that she was proud but took the rankings with a grain of salt. “While we are heartened by this news, we do not believe that such ranking systems capture the full scope of the student...
Davis' candidacy is a distinctive part of a coming electoral test. Between now and November 2010, in fact, nearly 40 of the nation's governor's seats will be up for grabs. One of the most intriguing battlegrounds will be the South, where Republicans dominate the governorships, 6-to-5. Democrats are emboldened by Barack Obama's victory last November, particularly in Southern states like Virginia, North Carolina and Florida - wins achieved partly because of high participation by those states' large black electorates, as well as the infusion of relatively affluent transplants who aren't beholden to the region...