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Since then, the economy has boomed, by 6.7% last year as opposed to 3.7% in 2002, and inflation has fallen from 32.9% to 10.7% in the same period. A consensus has developed on the big questions such as liberal economics, and efforts to alleviate poverty. Regardless of who replaces Kufuor out of the two leading candidates - Nana Akufo-Addo, 62, from Kufuor's ruling New Patriotic Party, and John Atta Mills, 62, of the National Democratic Congress are neck and neck in the race, according to opinion polls - neither is expected to initiate radical change...
...that the conflict derived from a generation and culture gap, and he feared having a limited participation in my upbringing, so he felt it was his duty to correct me every chance he got. But as an "adult" it was difficult for me to take his lectures. Regardless of the parents' professions and salaries, divided families are the ultimate in love and sacrifice to provide a better future for the children. It may not always the best or the only way, but I will always be grateful to my parents and their decision. Jamie Kyujin Paik, PARIS...
...Much Luxury I very much enjoyed the article "No Free Rides, Kid" [Nov. 24]. I think the issue goes way beyond the privileged and their children. Today's children grow up in a material world; they are being pampered regardless of their parents' income. Most children don't even have to wait anxiously for Christmas or their birthday to be showered with often senseless gifts. Walking into my children's room makes me wonder what to get my 3-year-old for Christmas. It's no wonder the work ethic suffers somewhere down the line. Where are these classes...
...Certainly, we're concerned about where this money is going, but we really don't get involved in knowing where it is," said Lieutenant Nathan Christensen, spokesman for the U.S. Fifth Fleet. "What we are really after here is the root of the problem. Regardless of where the money goes, our feeling is that the problem of piracy is ashore, and to cut off the root of the problem, that's where it needs to be dealt with...
...Under parental pressure, the bishop demanded that the school shelve the books. The school’s nuns refused, arguing that it was their academic right to teach the modern canons regardless of the content. In response, the bishop threatened to remove the school from the Catholic diocese—an act that would freeze the school’s funding...