Word: populars
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That walk is strewed with trash; the streets of Basra are full of stinking tangles of plastic and organic matter. Indeed, since last fall, private polling undertaken by the British government has seen the poor state of public services and infrastructure leapfrog security as a popular concern. Phone-in programs on the local radio station are dominated by discussions of sewage and the electrical brownouts that hit the city several times a day. (See pictures of life returning to Iraq's streets...
...Orlando (Cachaito) Lopez, 76, came from a Cuban family of at least 30 bass players, including the legendary Israel (Cachao) Lopez. Having toiled for years as an unknown in his solo career, Orlando saw his talent properly revealed to the world after he helped form the popular Buena Vista Social Club...
...talks may have been elongated by the dire financial situation. “It’s a very tough time and you’re seeing a lot of protectionism taking place between countries,” Mount said. The U.K. has historically been one of the most popular summer destinations for Harvard students, according to Mount. While Raginskaya ultimately secured an internship at Sotheby’s New York office, other students have been unable to find such ready alternatives. Steven C. Rizoli ’11 had made preliminary arrangements for a summer job in England...
...While he could theoretically lose the next election, it is unlikely that a viable democratic opposition will emerge with enough support to topple Chávez, who still enjoys a fair amount of popular support despite pursuing economic policies that cause hyperinflation and widespread shortages...
...ahead of April's Summit of the Americas in Trinidad. (First item: reinstating each other's ambassadors, who were expelled from Washington and Caracas last year after Chávez accused the U.S. envoy of conspiring against him.) Talking to Chávez is not a popular idea in Washington, given the Venezuelan leader's strident anti-U.S. histrionics. But it's smarter than trying to isolate Chávez, which in the long run would bring us more headaches than headway in the effort to repair Washington's dismal relations with Latin America...