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...president of the Inter-American Development Bank, talked about the past inclinations of the Latin American private sector, which focused on the higher classes of the economic pyramid and on external markets. “Those companies that did not enter the international arena did so at their own peril, and many disappeared,” Moreno said. “Yet there is an opportunity today for growth and innovation, and an even bigger opportunity to leverage all of the economic opportunities in Latin America to deal with economic issues.” Moreno, the former Colombian ambassador...
...Land of Peril - and Peace Since my wife and Ijust returned from a trip to Israel and the West Bank, I read "Israel's Secret War" with great interest [March 24]. We were both concerned and encouraged by what we saw of everyday life in that troubled part of the world. While we believe Israel's border checkpoints help provide security that its citizens deserve, we also saw checkpoints located well inside the West Bank that seem to have the purpose of hassling Palestinians. It was encouraging, though, to meet with Father Elias Chacour, a Catholic Archbishop and three-time...
...Japan dithers at its peril. Nations such as South Korea are building education systems geared to produce an internationally competitive workforce. "Our students need to globalize to be leaders," says Yuichiro Anzai, president of Keio University, a top private university in Tokyo. Do they have an international outlook today? "Not yet," Anzai says. "We are lacking a sense of the crisis that we face," says Akiyoshi Yonezawa, an education expert at the Center for the Advancement of Higher Education at Tohoku University in Sendai. "This society is becoming more and more disadvantaged year by year." For Japan, the "age when...
Wide-open threes and mid-range jumpers soon became adventures of peril and dread for Harvard’s shooters. After shooting 42 percent from the floor and 33 percent from three-point range, the Crimson made exactly one three in the second, going...
...visible in such things as China's dirty skies and the 1,000 sq. mi. (2,590 sq km) of territory it loses to desertification every year. Whether or not Beijing can ensure a sunny Olympics, the state of the nation demonstrates that you mess with nature at your peril...