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Pity Hong Kong, for even as the city struggles in the face of regional and global economic forces, another, even more dreaded scourge casts Hong Kong's future in mortal and economic doubt. Cities evolve and prosper or wither and vanish just as individual species do. The causes of that urban selection are economic, geographical and biological, and an unlucky confluence of the three can lead to a Darwinian dead end. Herodotus already observed in the 5th century B.C. that "the cities that were formerly great, have most of them become insignificant; and such as are at present powerful, were...
...eventually found support in University Hall, and a radical policy change was not far behind. After her initiative, men’s and women’s sports at Harvard now receive equal funding, and the women’s sports programs have continued to prosper...
...Bush really is the imperialist boob that protesters make him out to be, he sure doesn’t sound like one. His hope for democracy in Iraq explains why many Republicans and Democrats feel that the U.S. must oust Saddam Hussein, without global consensus if necessary. Iraq can prosper under democratic rule, and democracy also provides a political foundation for the peace that protesters supposedly want. The U.S. must sometimes resort to military intervention to create real peace—a peace that demands Iraqis have the democratic freedoms denied to them by Saddam. Challenging a repressive status...
Russian companies could prosper if their government supports U.S. action against Saddam. The Kremlin has made clear to the Bush Administration its fear that postwar Iraq will pump too much oil, lowering the world price below $18 per bbl.--the level at which Russia's oil companies can no longer make a profit. That has led some industry officials to believe that Washington, eager to secure Moscow's approval for military action in Iraq, has quietly agreed to keep prices from falling too low and to help Russian oil companies win contracts in the new Iraq...
...China the pro game has advanced to the point where a player with a few games of NBA experience might prosper?but won't dominate. CBA rules restrict each team's foreign players to a total of five quarters of playing time per game. Usually, one foreigner plays the entire game and the other joins him for the final 12 minutes, but the Tigers are so far ahead by the end of three periods that they sit both of their Americans...