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...trees of the future, we do not deserve to stand in the shade of the trees of the past.” Witt oversaw the elevation of FEMA to a Cabinet-level agency under former President Clinton. He lambasted the Bush administration for gutting the agency and criticized the rise of political appointments at agencies such as FEMA. “Our country has never seen a response that failed so bad,” Witt said of the government’s reaction to Hurricane Katrina. “Thirteen hundred people did not have to lose their lives...
...Australia has been transformed during the past decade. Globalization, the Internet, terrorism and the rise of China, among other things, have dictated the velocity and form of change. As well, demographics - the ageing of the baby boomer cohort and immigration - is having a dynamic effect. For politicians, the modern condition means an electorate that is demanding, less tribal and more materialistic. In general, Australians are older, wealthier, deeper in debt, unsettled by events beyond the country's shores, and lead their private lives in anything but conventional ways. What has Howard contributed - and what has he taken away...
Indeed, what makes the rise of sectarian violence so chilling is precisely the difficulty involved in carrying it out. Some Shi'ite mobs last week stopped people in the street and demanded to see their ID cards, looking for Sunni names. Each sect regards some names as taboo, usually because they are associated with hated figures from history. But that too is imprecise: the vast majority of Muslim names are used by both sects. In the end, as is often the case in sectarian wars, many of the victims of last week's violence were simply fingered by their neighbors...
...traditions accessible to people everywhere. But the very factors that have enabled the Latins to move decisively into the mainstream are also setting the stage for their possible eclipse. Keep your eye on the Far East. The A.B.T.'s McKenzie notes that the dance world is already seeing the rise of gifted performers from all over Asia. "It hasn't hit critical mass yet," he says, "but it will." Someday, perhaps, Chinese could be the new Latin...
...Rise in E.U. imports of leather shoes from Vietnam in the year ending last March, prompting Brussels to propose antidumping duties 40,000 Number of jobs lost in the E.U.'s footwear sector since...