Word: roosts
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That real business action is in China. "Just as the 19th century belonged to England and the 20th century to America, so the 21st century will be China's turn to set the agenda and rule the roost," Rogers says. Not exactly a new thought but one that he explores diligently. Rogers' leading evidence? The country boasts 1.3 billion people with a rate of savings and investment exceeding 35%, and its foreign reserves are the world's largest. Give it 20 to 30 years, he says, and China will pass the U.S. as the world's biggest economy...
...numerous Freedom of Information requests had prized the buried treasure from the CIA vault. Now the latest intelligence evaluations were being announced worldwide, nearly in real time. "It's just mind-boggling," a former CIA officer told me. "The impact of the Iraq WMD fiasco is coming home to roost. The intelligence community was badly burned by that. And the various players never want it asked of them again, 'Why didn't you stand up to the Administration and tell it the truth...
...issue in American national heritage. “We still, I believe, live in a world the war has made,” Faust said. Pointing to a painting of dismembered body parts including a laughing head—called “Buzzard’s Roost Pass,” Faust said that the manic expression and carnival imagery in the painting echoed her own findings. She said that she had come across many references to Civil War society as a carnival of death, in which violence was met with violence. Using the paintings surrounding her, historical documents...
...villagers in the fight against bird flu. But Indonesia still needs much more money to help farmers stop flu in their poultry. Until that happens, the risk of a pandemic will persist. And the rest of the world may pay the price once Indonesia's chickens come home to roost...
...biggest surprise of the night came in the women’s epee: after falling 5-4 to Duke last Sunday, the team of sophomore Maria Larsson and seniors Jasmine McGlade and Precious Eboigbe dominated to pull out a 9-0 win. “They ruled the roost,” Harvard coach Peter Brand said. “They were the best so far this year. They really came through today, they fenced to their potential.” The foil squad continued to perform flawlessly, finishing 9-0, as sophomore Elizabeth Bast filled in for Goldfeder with...