Word: prospers
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...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...
Creating better opportunities for women is proving to be just as complicated as combating terrorism in post-Taliban Afghanistan. President George W. Bush said in his June commencement speech at West Point, “A thriving nation will respect the rights of women, because no society can prosper while denying opportunity to half of its citizens.” But America’s commitment to Afghan women is weak at best...
...that at Southwest. The top guy is in the room." After sometimes acrimonious talks with the mechanics union, Parker took both sides out to dinner. He insists, however, that the company must defend the flexibility over work rules and pay that has helped it prosper. "We cannot afford not to take a strike if a labor demand threatens Southwest...