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...spiritual strength and cultural beauty, much of which has already been lost. Africa's resources have contributed immeasurably to Western wealth, and the continent has been exploited, often brutally, for decades. The attitude of European and American politicians toward Africa continues to be one of incomprehension and ignorance. René van Slooten Maarssen, the Netherlands Sachs presented a course of action that social-development workers like me have been waiting for. On the global scale, his recommendations deserve swift implementation. But on the micro or country-by-country level, I would strongly recommend the inclusion of what I would term...
...title of Young Buck's first solo project, Straight Outta Ca$hville, is a throwback to 1989's Straight Outta Compton, the classic gang life manifesto from N.W.A. (Dr. Dre, Ice Cube, Easy-E, M.C. Ren and D.J. Yella). N.W.A.'s depictions of violence, often directed against the police, put Los Angeles on the hip hop map. Hailing from Nashville, Buck hopes to do for the Dirty South with Ca$hville what Compton did for the Wild West...
...looking to these rookies to use their Athens experience to thrash the rest of the world in 2008, when Beijing hopes to challenge America's right to call itself the world's lone athletic superpower. "In previous Olympics, the most important thing was to achieve gold medals," says Ren Hai, a professor at the Beijing Sport University who studies China's Olympic history. "This time we have another goal, which is to prepare the younger athletes for the 2008 Olympics...
...with Beijing set to host the 2008 Games, China wants not only to bury the past but to set the tone for the future. The Beijing Olympics "is about more than just sports," says Ren Hai, a professor at the Beijing Sport University. "In 2008, China's development will be acknowledged and accepted by the world." Chinese sports czars have announced that 2008 will bring the nation an unprecedented number of Olympic laurels, based upon a "gold-medal strategy" approved by no less an authority than China's Cabinet...
...directors who sat on Vivendi's board, which signed off on most of Messier's adventures? "The directors aren't choirboys," says Canoy. "They should be sanctioned, too, because they let Messier get away with this." The board has been thoroughly reshuffled since Messier was replaced by Jean-René Fourtou in July 2002. The company declines comment. Still, by focusing all the attention on Messier, "we're just kicking a man who's down," Neuville says. "To have real corporate governance in France, we need to examine all the causes of the disaster...