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...these far-reaching policies pass under the radar here. The 2002 U.S. Farm Bill supported by the Bush administration, for example, increased agricultural subsidies. The Federal Reserve also decreased interest rates, leading people to invest more in agricultural commodities. Both factors have been cited as reasons for the crisis of world food prices that began last year...
...borders as well. Guo T. “Colin” Teo ’12 said the Proposition 8 rally was his first protest. “In Singapore it is illegal to protest,” Teo said. “Gay rights are completely under the radar.” Other international students said they had seen the United States—and particularly California—as a beacon of change. “A lot of changes originate here,” said Ioannis Kalogirou Valtis ’12, from Greece...
...some advisers are arguing he should, that would come as no surprise. "Russia has nothing to fear from a defensive missile shield," Gates said Thursday as he argued for extending the system to Europe. The current plan is to place 10 missile interceptors in Poland and a missile-tracking radar in the Czech Republic by 2014. It's strongly opposed by Russia, which views it as an unwelcome military threat in a region where it has always been pre-eminent. The other leading contender for the Pentagon post is Richard Danzig, a Clinton Navy secretary, who recently told reporters that...
...Navy officials have said the San Antonio has so many problems because it is the first ship in its class, a claim Polmar dismisses. "We've been building these kinds of ships since 1943," he says. "It has no big missiles, no advanced radar and no nuclear propulsion." The Government Accountability Office (GAO) said last year that the San Antonio's woes began because the Navy relied on "immature" computer blueprints that infected its entire construction. That led to delays that cost up to five times what it would have if the work had been done in proper sequence...
...weekly print format with a heavy online emphasis, making it the most prominent newspaper to end print on such a large scale. Posting net losses, the newspaper just could not sustain the costs of daily print in the wavering economy any longer.Additionally, magazines such as Jane, CosmoGirl, Teen Vogue, Radar, and Condé Nast’s new endeavor, Men’s Vogue, are facing similar struggles with failed advertising objectives, resulting in heavier emphasis on the online versions, or even suspension of the magazine’s publication at all.Tom F. Allon, CEO of Manhattan Media, which currently...