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...changing world, at times brilliantly. That's the main reason why the stock market is at an all-time high and the economy has picked up. So with six months to go before a presidential election, you might have thought it was easy to identify the big question that ought to be debated: how to replicate the private-sector successes throughout the economy while tackling the root causes of public disgruntlement and social unrest. Think again. The two candidates who have emerged as front-runners are both members of a new political generation. But if either has a clear vision...
...ought to just back off, take a look at it, relax, understand that it's complicated." DONALD RUMSFELD, Defense Secretary, when asked about reports, denied by Baghdad, that the U.S. and Iraq had set a timeline for Iraq to take more control of its security. October was the year's bloodiest month for U.S. troops in Iraq. As of last week, 96 had died...
...Boston on a whole has slightly higher wages—the median was $52,792 per year in the 2000 census for the metropolitan area—but whatever benchmark is used, SLAM’s figure is inflated. While many on campus agree that Harvard ought to value its workers, it is absurd to claim that Harvard must pay far above the market wage. Because of its unwavering commitment to these ridiculous demands, SLAM drives moderate sympathizers away...
...Abizaid, says one critic, also failed to develop a successful strategy of clearing an area, then holding it with troops, and then rebuilding its social and economic institutions. He believed that the rebuilding ought to be left to the Iraqis, but he never ensured that the foundation of that strategy - the Iraqi Security Forces - were up to the job, this critic contends...
...quickly disseminated clarification, such popular juries are nothing new; Royal first voiced the idea back in 2002, and well before that it emerged from "Anglo-Saxon theories of empowerment." For years, such selective citizens' committees have been used in Berlin to steer municipal policies where citizens thought they ought to go, and in Scandinavia to get a handle on controversial issues like genetically modified foods...