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...JOCV), which since 1965 has dispatched more than 30,000 people to do good in 70-plus countries. Today, the bulk of volunteers are women or older Japanese who are searching for meaning in their postretirement lives. Most contribute in fields that seem typically Japanese: planting stronger strains of rice, running environmental-training programs, teaching high school math and science. Chiyoko Ichishima, 33, helps female villagers near the Ugandan capital of Kampala build a local craft trade. "When Ugandans think of Japan, they immediately think of cars and other high-tech stuff," she says. "But as a Japanese...
...done in recent years, such as our contribution in Afghanistan - we were quite early into Bamiyan province. Secondly, we are showing leadership with Australia in the Pacific, and that's important to America because the U.S. can't cover every base on their own. [U.S. Secretary of State] Condoleezza Rice came over to New Zealand [in July] and indicated that New Zealand was an ally. Now, while I don't think she meant "ally" in the traditional sense of the word, it was another clear example of the thawing of the relationship. Top of mind, from our point of view...
...TIME's worship of Obama makes me wonder how you will react when he makes a mistake. Despite your efforts to suggest otherwise, Obama is merely human. Brad Rice, Dallas, Texas...
...just fine, with a clutch of Atlanticists heading the governments of Britain, France and Germany - and leading the European Commission in Brussels, too. The thing now is to figure out what the world's collection of rich democracies can do with their substantial power. U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice told the New York Times recently that she once said to European leaders, "Can we take the trans-Atlantic relationship off the sofa? And stop analyzing it and analyzing whether it's healthy, and actually put it to work in common causes?" She has a point...
...have a height requirement for its receiving corps. Top target Matt Luft is 6’6, sophomore Chris Lorditch (left) is 6’4, and classmate Levi Richards is 6’2, all at least as tall as Yale’s tallest defensive back, Paul Rice. Harvard’s offense will need to use their height and speed to create a passing attack that equals last year’s success...