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On my way out, walking past the hundreds of booths and brushing off the clutching hands and pleas to "come inside, mister, just looking," I noticed a series of very serious, official-looking documents pasted up prominently on the wall near the exit. Scanning them, I realized they were the...
Perhaps the most interesting question raised by the letters' release is why Otto Frank's letters and pleas were not answered in a way that he could save his family. YIVO executive director Carl Rheins believes the Frank file raises profound questions about U.S. immigration policy. Meanwhile, YIVO has enlisted...
Thailand's economy is still more open than many of its neighbors'. But in hot investment destinations like Vietnam and China, the trend is toward fewer restrictions, not more. Nor have recent trade figures justified the pleas for protection by Thai exporters, which led to the controversial capital controls. Despite...
But there have recently been some signs that Saudi Arabia and the U.S. may not see eye to eye on how to stabilize the region. There has been growing speculation that King Abdullah will soon accede to pleas from leaders of Sunni tribes in Iraq - some of whom have blood...
Before leaving Washington, Paulson did his best to downplay expectations from the grandly named "Strategic Economic Dialogue" his delegation will conduct with the Chinese. There would be no big announcement after the two days of talks, Paulson told one interviewer, stressing that this was the start of a "long-term...