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...Since then the differences between Kurdistan and Iraq proper have become even more dramatic. The plains around Erbil-once a glaring semidesert wasteland-are exploding with luxury housing developments, such as a "British Village" that looks like a gated California suburb, and Dream City, which will supposedly have its own conference center, supermarket and American-style school. The Turkish developers of Naz City, a high-rise condominium complex, are trying to sell house-proud Kurds on modern apartment living. An American company wants to build Iraq's first ski resort in the mountains near the Turkish and Iranian borders. While...
...dogs have increased dramatically, according Nielsen BookScan. But Goldstein of Cornell warns against cooking for your pet. "I would hate for people to stop using commercial pet food, because it's the healthiest diet in the long term for dogs and cats who need multiple vitamins at the proper ratios...
...Literature is concerned with stories of individuals whereas social sciences try to speak in abstract. It’s easy to speak that way to an abstract country, but we live in one with a proper name. I would like to restore the understanding of the proper name to the understanding of politics,” Mansfield said...
With the dean search placed in Faust’s hands, some professors speculate that Knowles’ successor will be a male scientist both to provide proper balance to the female historian who will occupy Mass. Hall and to help assist in the direction of Harvard’s expansion of the sciences into Allston...
...then there's the burgeoning scandal stemming from the Justice Department's dismissal last year of eight U.S. attorneys. Forty-eight percent of respondents say the federal prosecutors were fired because they "refused to be pressured by politics," compared to just 22% who believe they were dismissed "for proper reasons." By a 55%-33% margin, Americans believe Bush is refusing to allow top aide Karl Rove and other White House aides to testify under oath "because he's trying to cover up the reasons for the firings," not because he "wants to preserve the Constitution's separation of powers...