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...their trade-distorting agricultural subsidies. We used to think that the problems of underdeveloped countries could be solved just by reducing their debt. But this would merely be a gift to their tyrannical leaders. I would like to see Bob Geldof and Bono tackle the issue of reducing the rich world's agricultural subsidies. They are truly unfair. Sergio Elia Abbiategrasso, Italy Power Failure I was pleased to read "The Man Who Wasn't There" by political commentator Alain Duhamel [Nov. 28]. It's rewarding to see that a French intellectual realizes that France is in bad shape and that...
Eating fish can shave years off your mental age, say Rush University researchers, who studied mental function in 3,718 adults 65 and older. Those who ate fish--rich in omega-3 fatty acids--once a week slowed their rate of cognitive decline 10%. That's equivalent to being three years younger and sharper...
...dies rich dies disgraced." --ANDREW CARNEGIE...
...visited that morning. She said that she did not but that they were very nice. I told her the man in the khaki pants was the richest man in the world. Sushila smiled and said it didn't matter that he was the richest. All foreigners were rich compared with her, she said...
...FORTUNE story about the perils of inherited wealth, and it confirmed what he had noticed at his élite private high school in Seattle. "The ones who were the wealthiest weren't the most motivated," he says. He has had long talks on the subject with other rich people, like Buffett and Katharine Graham (who inherited the Washington Post). "Warren has often said that you want to give your kids enough so that they don't have to worry, but not so much that they don't feel the need to work and contribute," says Bill. "It's not clear...