Word: regionality
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...smash the Flemish grip on the top job. A victory by the leading French-speaking candidate, Elio di Rupo, would make history not only because of his language, but as Europe's first openly gay Prime Minister. As leader of the Socialist Party (PS) in Wallonia - and also the region's minister-president - Di Rupo, 55, is the heavyweight of Francophone politics. And the fact that his origins are Italian, Belgium's second-largest immigrant community after Moroccans, adds a third dimension to the identity challenge represented by his candidacy. But the dapper, bow-tied Di Rupo is handicapped...
...surprisingly, wealthy, opulent Dubai has some high-profile projects. Woods has signed up to build a golf course, a golf academy, a hotel and homes in Dubailand, the region's largest tourism and leisure facility, while Greg Norman is teaming with Sergio Garcia and influential designer Pete Dye to create Dubai's first links-style course. Jack Nicklaus, a pioneer among the player-designers, has announced a $1.35 billion golf-resort venture in the Cape Verde Islands, off the West African coast. Gary Player Design built the first public course in China on an island off Hong Kong and just...
NASCAR's reputation then was as a Southern pastime whose early stars had learned speed during midnight bootlegging runs. France didn't care about any of that. His crucial insight was that vroooom is inherently thrilling and there's no reason that it should be exclusive to one region...
...facing the next phase of their young lives. But, unlike the array of opportunities facing our graduates, our goal is better defined as fulfilling a promise, the promise of Harvard’s Allston Initiative, and, in so doing, keeping our promises to Harvard, the neighborhood, the New England region, and the rest of the world...
...Though the coalition had managed to secure large parts of the “green zone”—the heavily fortified area in Baghdad—in the aftermath of the invasion, such security was not assured outside of the protected region...