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...course, the Chinese economic leaders have read all of the analysis about what caused economic collapses in large nations during the past. China has certain advantages that have never been present in another rapidly growing country. The country has both an abundance of national resources and a large supply of workers who can be trained to work in factories. China has also grown and continues to grow with virtually no restrictions on how industry effects the environment. The World Bank estimated that 700,000 Chinese die prematurely due to poor air quality. Perhaps the best way to look at that...
...access to his mortgage documents, denies he got any preferential treatment and insists he is going to refinance with a different bank. (Dodd allowed reporters one-time access to hundreds of pages of his mortgage documents. Reporters were not allowed to copy or photograph the documents and staff remained present throughout the viewing). "I made the mistake of not addressing it earlier," Dodd concedes. Still, he will not allow reporters to deeply examine the "hundreds of pages" of mortgage documents, saying, "No one has ever showed as much as we have." But the scandal has left a bad taste with...
...misguided as those of its Depression-era predecessors. As a nation dependent on the creativity and high productivity of its tertiary sector, the United States will need all the help it can get to recover from this devastating recession. Unfortunately, current policies are likely to exacerbate, not alleviate, present economic pains. President Obama and the Democratic leadership in Congress ought to reconsider this potentially costly mistake...
...andante tempo remained intact, though at times the orchestra’s delivery seemed perfunctory—particularly at the ends of melodic phrases. However, the lively performance of the subsequent G minor minuet featuring a charming trio section was characterized by a strong sense of direction.Any sluggishness present in the first movement had fully dissipated by the start of the finale. The purposeful passagework added to the drama of the allegro assai, and Levine expertly maneuvered the harmonic modulations to build up to the piece’s climatic end. The BSO concluded the all-Mozart program with...
...meant rather to highlight the role of the voice in the performance than to indicate actual singing.In the last scene of “Corbu Pops,” a sole baby depended almost entirely on her voice to deliver a convincing, poetic monologue regarding forms, reflections, awarenessm the present, past, and future. But her poetic speech was punctuated by passionate, intermittent ejaculations of “Nigger!” She too then receded beneath her hole and even left the room. The door closed as she continued to scream from another room until she and the music faded...