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...policy at the Friends of the World Food Program, a United Nations humanitarian organization that combats hunger, praised the students in the audience for demonstrating their interest in global health. Leach commended the strides the United States has made in assisting impoverished nations, but warned that “progress is being threatened” by a lack of communication in Congress. Robert Paarlberg, a political science professor at Wellesley and an associate at Harvard’s Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, drew a distinction between the emergency aid that the United States effectively distributes on a periodic basis...
...hundred days is a long time, and although the presidential progress report serves as a general gauge for the direction of the country, most administrations don't achieve (or suffer) their greatest milestones until later. The 9/11 terrorist attacks, the Lewinsky scandal, Truman's decision to drop the atomic bomb - they all fell outside the 100-day mark. Kennedy's deft handling of the Cuban missile crisis outweighed a number of disasters (Bay of Pigs) and minor setbacks (Russia's first-man-in-space triumph) that marked his first 100 days. And while Nixon's presidency started off smoothly...
...expanding the private sector, allowing greater scope for unfettered capitalism. But in recent years, the pendulum has begun to swing the other way. Many of China's state-owned enterprises (SOEs) have grown into giants, eclipsing the relatively young, private companies that have contributed heavily to the country's progress. That trend is being reinforced as China implements economic stimulus measures that in practice boost state-owned giants while private companies are left largely to fend for themselves. (See pictures of China's electronic waste village...
...Huang says the trend is worrisome, partly because it could undo progress made in freeing up China's economy. "In the short run, the numbers may look good ... (but) a year or two from now, if China only relies on the state sector to drive growth, the fundamental distortions in the Chinese economy today will get worse...
...Muslims, fear that such a stance will not go down well with the Indian electorate. Modi may be trying to make himself more acceptable to a wider audience. Since the Gujarat elections of 2007, Modi has been trying to paint himself as the able administrator who has brought progress and prosperity to Gujarat. The Supreme Court ruling will make it harder to keep that message pristine...