Word: representive
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Complicating matters is Thailand's perennial wild card: the military. Shortly after seizing power, coup leader General Sonthi Boonyaratglin reiterated that he had no interest in remaining in politics after elections were held. Earlier this summer, however, a junta aide hinted that perhaps Sonthi might throw his hat in the...
Yet neither he nor Corson meaningfully address what the insatiable demand for sushi is doing to the planet's supply of fish. The slow-maturing bluefin tuna, for instance, the most prized sushi fish in Japan, is already imperiled. And the bluefin may only be the first to disappear: as...
So why is the real estate collapse a good thing? First, because the collapse of any financial bubble can be interpreted as a morality play: greed gets its comeuppance. Subprime mortgages play the role that used to be played by junk bonds. They represent easy money--too easy, in retrospect...
But there's little reason to believe that a Musharraf-Bhutto union would bring about the systemic change that Pakistan so desperately needs. Both leaders represent Pakistan's failed past, a history defined by close ties between the ruling élite and the military, recurrent corruption and the creeping Islamization...
? In 1973, sensing that Californians were being ripped off by their utility companies, Sylvia Siegel, an outspoken, acerbic mother of two, taught herself the arcane details of utility law, launched a network to represent consumers before the California Public Utilities Commission and became the most visible and powerful utility...