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...expats and new migrants in New Zealand. Australia faces different challenges, but the days of thinking the world's skilled workers are busting to get into the "Lucky Country" are coming to an end. As Salt argues in his new book, Australia needs to pursue defensive migration strategies to retain skilled workers. "We need to protect against the possible 'Kiwification' of Australia," he writes, "to ensure others do not do to us what we have done to New Zealand...
...best way would be for Thaksin to repent, to say: Okay, I did everything by the rules, but there are ethical issues. His best way would be to go back and pay tax on the sale of Shin Corp. and try to do something with the deal so Thais retain majority control. If he does that, maybe he can reduce the tension. He should do that, stay on for a while, then leave politics...
...Crimson tallied a decisive goal at 11:10 of the first period.After a hooking penalty on Watters at 10:50 left Harvard shorthanded, junior Steve Mandes created a breakaway and rifled a shot at Saints goalie Justin Pesony. Pesony managed to stop the initial shot but did not retain possession of the rebound, which slipped out of his grasp and onto the waiting stick of sophomore Tyler Magura, who slid the puck into the back of the net.The goal was Harvard’s first shorthanded goal of the season and Magura’s first of his career...
CUBAN: In the past, you had to memorize or retain knowledge because there was a cost to finding it. Did you have the encyclopedia? Could you spend time going to the library? Did you know somebody you could ask who knew the answer to this question? Were you going to be in a group that had a discussion about it? Now, what can't you find in 30 seconds or less? We live an open-book-test life that requires a completely different skill...
Ever wonder whether Margaret Thatcher was submissive in bed? Why women retain interior design details better than their male counterparts? Or the semantic differences between “slave girl,” “it,” and “girlfriend?” If any of those topics tickle your fancy, I hope that you attended Harvey C. Mansfield’s recent discussion of his new book, “Manliness...