Word: prospered
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...something their parents felt in their bones even if they disliked particular U.S. policies. The youngsters' professors might teach that the American nuclear umbrella provided the strategic framework enabling France and Germany to stop trying to annihilate each other and the European Union to take root and prosper; their grandparents might remember G.I.s bearing nylons and Hershey bars. I have seen the power of such sentiments myself. When I was a high school exchange student in 1972, I had a rollicking argument with a train compartment full of East German teenagers about "imperialist America." But when I gave...
LIVE HERE AND PROSPER Geography, it seems, is destiny--at least when it comes to America's health disparities. Local differences in things like the food people eat and the health care they receive appear to be more important than income in determining how long they live, according to a new study of mortality in the U.S. Some of the news is bleak: the worst-off Americans have a life span in line with that of people who live in Third World countries. The biggest surprise, says the report's author, Dr. Christopher Murray of the Harvard School of Public...
...woman (or, for that matter, a boy and a girl) get down to consequential lovemaking. It is tiresome to be held in constant thrall to their immaturity. I know there are profits to be made from this kind of filmmaking, but I don't think the movies can really prosper unless they reconnect with their romantic roots, tell us at least a few stories of love lost and found, squandered and redeemed. These stories will require - how many times have the studios been told this? - women's roles whose lengths and strengths equal those of their male counterparts, roles...
...that house similar companies, including an online-music outfit and a "virtual university" where colleges from around the country have conference centers and research labs. This small enclave of white-collar knowledge workers is a model the rest of Shenzhen must rapidly emulate if it is to continue to prosper, says Ma: "In Shenzhen, we really have to move faster than before, and take the right direction." His vision?and his sense of urgency?is shared by city officials, who have launched an effort to move the local economy to a higher plane. The government is promising tax breaks...
...economic consistency is hard to achieve. India's rich seem to get richer and richer, while the poor still find it difficult to see the light at the end of the tunnel. K. Chidanand Kumar Bangalore In a world of quick changes and reversals, India continues to grow and prosper, setting its own pace, as your thought-provoking story clearly showed. The Indian system of democracy is seeking its own road to equality and social justice - which will make it different from Western and American models. India's Ministry of Health and Family Welfare offers a range of programs, including...