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...producing weapons-grade nuclear fuel via centrifuges, and trashed the spirit of rapprochement by test-firing missiles over Japan; but the U.S. and its allies also failed to deliver on the promised energy assistance. Now, North Korean brinkmanship has put both sides have found themselves back on the path to a confrontation neither can afford, which has forced them to revisit their agreement...
...goods, especially clothing. It's making blouses in China and towels in India that it intends to sell everywhere from Berlin to Beijing and Boston. But fashion is a notoriously fickle business. And by diving deeper into the manufacturing of more of its products, Wal-Mart is braving a path that has brought grief to some of history's biggest retailers, such as A&P and Sears...
LANCASTER: Think about this: fuel cells were invented in 1839. Back in the late 1800s, we could have taken the path that we did--using internal-combustion engines--or another path. So why is it now, and not 100 years ago, that we are thinking about using electrochemistry for power? Well, all of a sudden we are talking about the environment. Efficiency has never been a strong driver of new technologies in the past, but that is changing...
...Muslims were annihilated in five hours by Lord Kitchener's Maxim guns), few such moments make it into the debit column. "The question is not whether British imperialism was without blemish," Ferguson writes. "It was not. The question is whether there could have been a less bloody path to modernity." There might have been, he admits, but he clearly doubts it. Of all the benefits bestowed on the colonies, Ferguson prizes the English language and "the idea of liberty" most. Yet, one after another, their peoples decided to make that idea a reality, whether or not they thought...
...path to federal judgeships ne'er did run smooth - and Charles Pickering has been down this road before. The Mississippi U.S. District Judge is back up for consideration by the Senate, and the Bush administration is hoping the second time is the charm...