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...Asia’s oldest conflicts in one of Asia’s oldest democracies seemingly comes to a dark, bloody conclusion, a number of questions about the war in Sri Lanka and the ideological banners under which it marched come to the forefront: What is the value of a democracy if the price is self-determination? What is the value of territorial control if the price is social cohesion? What is the value of a national political unity if the price is a national political identity? What is the value of power if the price is human life...
...Bush effort involves that approach, sources said, but in other ways is organized much like a modern political campaign. A national finance committee has been created with 100 co-chairs placed in every state. Some of Bush's oldest and biggest financial backers form a board of directors for the George W. Bush Presidential Library Foundation, chaired by former Bush Commerce Secretary and Texas oilman Donald L. Evans. Members include Los Angeles investment banker Brad Freeman; Dallas hotel developer and former Bush ambassador to Costa Rica Mark Langdale; and Cincinnati-based businessman and Bush ambassador to Switzerland and Liechtenstein Mercer...
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...
...company's oldest mill, located across town from the office, nearly a dozen different products are being made simultaneously. The process is complex, time-consuming and challenging. Nevertheless, manufacturing director Mitch Hensley says this specialized production process is worth the headache and is a big part of why the company has held its own in a tough manufacturing environment. "You cannot make this business work by just spinning commodity yarn, making commodity-type fabrics and competing only on price," says Hensley. "We take a market and hone it and make the highest-quality [yarn] at the lowest price...
...oldest fair in the country, the San Marcos in Aguascalientes, which has taken place for the last 181 years, was suspended. The fair famously features bullfights but just six minutes before the toreros were to start, it was cancelled. The economic impact of such cancellations will mount as the panic - and the potential declaration of a pandemic - takes hold. Aguascalientes, for example, counts this time of the year as the high-point of its business calendar. The fair provides employment for a lot of people. (See the story about how the vaccine the CDC has prepared for swine...