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Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari completed his first state trip to Beijing on Oct. 17, signing a raft of new agreements with a nation he had hailed in Islamabad four days earlier as "the future of the world." China and Pakistan tied up at least 11 deals on trade and economic cooperation, infrastructure projects, agriculture, mining rights and telecommunications; they now aim to double bilateral trade, which currently stands at around $7 billion...
...Ford, points out, there hasn't been a designer or a company that addresses the whole lifestyle of American men since Giorgio Armani and Ralph Lauren (unless, of course, you count the recent developments of the renowned Zegna family). Well, now there's not only Ford but also a raft of new American menswear designers breaking through?from Thom Browne in New York City to Scott Sternberg of Band of Outsiders in Los Angeles. Even Portland, Maine, has its own indigenous menswear look, thanks to Alex Carleton and his brand, Rogues Gallery. What's exciting about these guys is their...
...bill, why, they ask, did Republican Senator Bob Bennett and Representative Spencer Bachus, the top Republican on the House Banking Committee, stand at the press conference on Thursday announcing the agreement and voice their support? Why wait until a meeting at the White House to throw out a raft of alternative solutions that the Administration had already rejected, and which would require a whole new round of talks to get done...
...politicians "have not forgotten that the Chinese were once not on their side," says S.D. Muni, India's leading Nepal expert. They know that as Asia's two giants grow and flex their muscles, Nepal must deftly maneuver between them. Dahal's trip to India has also yielded a raft of new investment proposals, which tellingly preceded the Maoist-led government's announcement of its first budget on Sept. 19. "Anybody in power in Kathmandu would know that they need India more than China," says Muni. "The China card is played simply as a reflection of their relationship with India...
...despite the cultural prominence of Kerouac’s On The Road or the raft trip of Huckleberry Finn, very few Americans, and fewer Ivy League students, seem to wander out here. Most of the tourists I encountered were on day trips, picnic drives with families. Out-of-state license plates were common only along borders and ‘cultural’ places like Fallingwater. Certainly it may be more high-rolling to visit Manhattan or more humanitarian to visit Malawi. Neither of these, however, come close to approximating the deeply American need, in Woody Guthrie?...