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...country's latest economic data: in the third quarter, GDP growth had slipped to 9%, the slowest quarterly pace since 2003. Meanwhile, estimates for 2009 growth are being slashed to as low as 8%, which would be a dramatic deceleration from last year's 12% rate and would rank as China's worst results since...
...threatened by clean cops. They compare Bala Beluk to 1970s New York City, with its toxic mix of gang warfare, corruption, organized crime and drug commerce. Khodaydad, they say, is an Afghan Frank Serpico, the cop who exposed systematic and widespread corruption within the city's police ranks, and was shot by heroin dealers in what was thought to have been a hit organized by corrupt colleagues. Khodaydad is the only non-commissioned officer in Afghanistan to have risen to the rank of police chief, which he did with the support of his U.S. mentors. As such, he circumvented...
...ideal world, I think skin color would be treated like eye color or like one’s religion, whose differences we tolerate and celebrate and do not rank,” said O’Connor in her address. “But in today’s America, I’m inclined to think that race still matters in painful ways...
...What can possibly explain this connection? For starters, it makes intuitive sense that a person who pledges allegiances to the local football team would be more willing to back a favorite politician. "In many ways, politics is a spectator sport in which you get to rank the teams, or the candidates, through a vote," says Clemson University economist Robert Tollison. Also, politics and sports are both ideal outlets for those seeking a communal experience. "If everyone knows you're an Auburn fan, you can talk about the games with other people, and argue about tactics and the like," says Tollison...
...schools, such as Princeton and Yale, use QuestBridge to access more low-income students, Harvard pursues socioeconomic diversity on its own. Because of such independence, Harvard may be missing out on exactly the kinds of students it is looking for.OPTING OUTStudents applying to the QuestBridge National College Match Program rank up to eight colleges and submit an application by Sept. 30, months before normal deadlines. The majority of applicants are from households with incomes of less than $60,000.When students get their decisions, they are required to attend the highest-ranked school that admits them, with the exception...