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...native New Yorker and a graduate of Hunter College High School, Kagan blazed a brilliant academic path in her early years, moving from Princeton to Oxford to Harvard, and then holding positions at the Supreme Court and the White House...
...director of markets at the lse. But it's not just over-reaching regulation bringing firms to London. The underwriting fees investment banks charge companies listing on the stock exchange are typically twice as high in New York than in London, according to a report published last June by Oxford-based Oxera Consulting...
...civil wars break out? Oxford economist Paul Collier and his collaborators argue that economics is a large part of the story. Surveying more than 70 civil war outbreaks since the 1960s, they show that poor countries--with low per capita incomes and low growth rates--were significantly more likely to suffer civil war than richer countries. Put simply, it's easier to recruit people to rebel armies when the alternative to grinding axes is grinding poverty. At the same time, countries that rely heavily on exports of primary products (such as oil and diamonds) are prone to civil war because...
...than any other is a young Blair. He has the same brow-furrowing desire not only to understand his interlocutors but to empathize with them; the same rootless accent that in Britain indicates an easy start in life (in his case, school days at Eton and a degree from Oxford). And like Blair a decade ago - when he was dumping his party's traditions to appeal to a wider constituency - Cameron inspires suspicion as well as excitement. One Labour Party campaign depicted the Tory leader as a chameleon...
...GARSINGTON OPERA The auditorium on the terrace at 17th century Garsington Manor, just outside Oxford, seats around 500. You can eat in the restaurant, order a picnic or bring your own. Dine in the all-weather tents or the Italian gardens with their yew hedges, statues and water features, which are sometimes used as scenery for productions. The 2007 season includes Richard Strauss's modern take on Greek mythology, Ariadne auf Naxos...