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...better? I wouldn?t call it America?s war on terror. Terrorism is our own fight as well, and if it coincides with the American agenda or the international agenda well that?s fine. But we feel, and I am quite convinced, that without fighting terrorism Pakistan cannot prosper. Pakistan can never become a forward-looking progressive nation. I think by our acts we have demonstrated this commitment. When Nawaz Sharif was Prime Minister in 1997, we were combating a different kind of terrorism at that time. It was what you call sectarian terrorism, and 9/11 had not happened...
...have heard such pronouncements of impending doom before, of course. Howard Ruff's How to Prosper During the Coming Bad Years was a top seller in 1979. Ravi Batra's The Great Depression of 1990 hit No. 1 in 1987. Ruff's book did in fact ring in several very bad years, and there was a recession in 1990. But doom was averted, the economy came roaring back both times, and the lesson learned was that betting against the continued prosperity of the U.S. was a losing strategy...
...income side of the equation appeals to you but you do not have a child or close friend you want to finance, consider some other private-loan options that have surfaced. At prosper com and zopa.com you get matched with borrowers who have been vetted through their credit reports. That's no guarantee they'll pay. Still, in some cases the borrowers are consolidating credit-card debt and agree to a rate of 10% or more...
...mastering the language of the motivational circuit, Giuliani has tapped into an alternative vein of American religious thought - the gospel of success. The idea that God intends for Americans to prosper is as old as the nation. A century ago, Russell Conwell, a Baptist preacher, distilled this gospel in his speech "Acres of Diamonds." Through some 6,000 public appearances, the tireless Conwell told his exotic story of a man who left his farm to search the globe for gems, only to die penniless and bereft - while the world's largest diamond mine lay waiting to be discovered...
...they walk. As befits Hong Kong's profile as a financial town above all else, Tsang's election office is in a commercial tower, on the 28th floor. (Hong Kong people consider 28 to be an advantageous number because, in Cantonese, it sounds like "easy to prosper.") In case that isn't powerful enough joss, a large Chinese character written on gold paper stands above the reception counter; it's the word "luck...