Word: rules
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...long-term effort to quell extremism in the tribal areas will require even more. Pakistan needs to bring schools, jobs, roads, health care, courts and the rule of law to a populace that has rarely seen government attention. Unemployment among the population of 3.5 million hovers around 70%. Two-thirds live in poverty. Only 6% of its people can read, and for women, the figure is less than 1%. Yet neither Pakistan nor the U.S. appears to have a comprehensive strategy for the area. A top expert on Pakistan recently visited a colleague at the White House who, the expert...
...fact, almost nobody was happy with the rule—not the large South Korean contingent who claimed they were being discriminated against because of their frequent wins; not the number one women’s golfer in the world, a Mexican who despite speaking fluent English called the rule “a little drastic”; not the numerous socially conscious citizens across the country who blogged about the rule’s unfairness for foreign players and questioned why the rule only applied to female golfers. Their perplexity is understandable. As reported by the press, the rule...
...Unfortunately, a nice, shy Korean-speaker with an interpreter isn’t the ideal candidate for this kind of buddy-buddy fundraising. Nor will she rack up viewers in interviews on the major television networks, another large source of sponsorship. From a strictly business perspective, the English-only rule makes a lot of sense...
...English-only rule has had an unintended consequence. Though it was designed to raise money for the sport, media backlash has actually ended up alienating sponsors. This, combined with threatened legal action, was enough to pressure Bivens into rescinding the rule last week. She was quoted as saying that, “after hearing the concerns, we believe there are other ways to achieve our shared objective of supporting and enhancing the business opportunities for every tour player...
...This single-minded focus on business, however, is precisely the problem. It is what led to the English-only rule, and there is no guarantee it won’t result in equally reprehensible policies in the future. There’s no doubt that the rule was misguided. But its source was neither xenophobia toward Asian players, nor a Western superiority complex, as commentators have claimed. It was desperation. The challenge for the LPGA now is to make sure that the green on the course doesn’t play second fiddle to the green in the bank...