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...European economy will be much better placed to rebound on a healthier footing. But curtailing credit would hurt consumers who are deep in debt, and would have serious consequences for retailers and others dependent on household spending for their livelihoods. If the deleveraging is slow, the economy could remain sluggish for several years, weighed down by debt levels. "It was transfusions of credit that made the economy buoyant, but if there's no growth from credit now, what will support the economy in the longer term?" worries Véronique Riches-Flores, chief European economist at Soci...
...What is the best way of life?” are questions that lie at the bottom of all of our contemporary political issues, from the separation of church and state to the relation between judicial and legislative powers. The questions Socrates posed, which Plato recorded in his dialogues, remain debated still today, and even the most quantitative of political science still owes its very terminology and subject of analysis to classical political philosophy.The presence of Latin and Greek in college core curricula, however, does privilege eminently Western ideas and works. While such a thought might send shivers down...
...said has been sanitized. Xing said that the Chinese government has intentionally tried to distort information about the Cultural Revolution and that through his film, he hopes to provide the next generation with accurate information about that period in history. “The cruelties I experienced and heard remain in my memory,” Xing said in an interview through an interpreter. In one particularly graphic scene, a woman describes finding her headmaster disemboweled and beaten to death behind the schoolhouse. Later in the film, a man recounts his mother’s shooting, using his own chest...
Last spring, one of Magliozzi’s bloggers was asked by the course’s professor to remove his or her blog or face expulsion. The former undergrad, who wishes to remain anonymous, immediately took down the blog. The student still believes passionately in the site, however, saying, “I understand that professors’ words are often their intellectual property, but I think what we are paying for in education is more the chance to interact personally with that professor…as well as the opportunity for writing and feedback. I think the availability...
...Monday night's official White House dinner, replete with Maine lobster and Reggiano ravioli, Berlusconi was waxing nostalgic as the President's reign nears its end, declaring that he and Bush will "remain friends forever." Whether the pair continues to meet up in Crawford to review their triumphs is up to them. But their place in history is one judgment beyond their...