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...influence of India globally is going up,” she said. “It’s not whether it will rise, but a matter of how fast...
Maybe President Bush was feeling his oats with his polls on the rise. Maybe he wanted to tweak journalists for reports that he has been closed off. Maybe he was playing to Brian Williams, the anchor and managing editor of NBC Nightly News, a former White House correspondent who was following him around for the day. Whatever the reason, the President acted as if it were the most normal thing in the world. "I've got a little extra time on my hands," Bush said mischievously as he wrapped a speech about Iraq to the Philadelphia World Affairs Council...
...TIME: Both the rise of China and the rise of radical Islam require very sustained, long-term engagement by the U.S. Are you confident that Americans have the ability and the patience for the long-term view, the long-term engagement? LEE: In the past the U.S. had the option of opting out, as in Vietnam. Now Americans know they are vulnerable; 9/11 brought this home dramatically. American embassies and American businesses are being attacked worldwide. Opting out is not an option. To make the long-term burden sustainable you need a broad alliance, to spread the load, to reduce...
...clearly relishes. The man who once concerned himself with every aspect of Singaporeans' lives - right down to who they should marry and how many children they should have - now seems to be less obsessed with the fate of the island state, and more concerned with China's "peaceful rise" and the threat of militant Islam. Asked about Singapore's future development over the next 10 years, Lee shrugs. "My son will do what he wants to do with his team," he says, referring to Singapore's current Prime Minister, Lee Hsien Loong. "Let him decide," the elder Lee adds later...
...programs present opportunities to develop new markets. After Crest, a Procter & Gamble brand, started a national dental-health program for underserved kids in 2000, it gained 15% more of the Hispanic market it had targeted. Customers may pay extra for brands that speak to their conscience. Whole Foods' meteoric rise, despite the high cost of its specialty goods, is testament to that claim. "The relationship with the consumer has to be framed in an eloquent way," says Timberland CEO Jeffrey Swartz. "Whole Foods is the best company in the world at framing that conversation...