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There are some things that even the relatively progressive Abdullah wouldn't want to change. He gives no indication, for instance, that he plans to introduce democracy to the kingdom, whose national assembly comprises 120 appointees. It is just after evening prayers when Abdullah sits back in a stuffed chair...
Friday's unemployment number for February, the only big economic news of the week, could make or break the current euphoria; beyond that, retail sales should be king as investors check and re-check their premises about consumer demand still being there when supply picks up. If the Dow and...
The structure of most Harvard concentrations assumes that students and researchers are best organized along methodological lines—that the tools are fundamental and require mastery, while the particular subject matter, whether the Silk Road or Route 66, can be picked up as one goes along. Of course, this...
One knee-jerk—and patently false—line on the Core is that its offerings are too limited. The areas that are most subjected to this criticism (because they are indeed the only ones to which it could even begin to be falsely applied) are Social Analysis...
The Crown Prince is not so uncertain - not in public, anyway. It is just after evening prayers when Abdullah sits back in an easy chair for a three-hour discussion of the challenges the Kingdom faces. As he chain-smokes his way through a pack of Vantage cigarettes, he makes...