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...That's a seismic shift for an art world that once rarely set its sights past either side of the Atlantic Ocean. Even today, for many people Asia's developing economies still denote the world's factories - its cheap call centers and efficient manufacturers of every gizmo imaginable. Yet that narrative coexists with another more compelling tale: that of a rising continent intent on recapturing its former glory. The Chinese dragon wakes, mother India rises. Even little tiger Vietnam is finding its roar. Outsiders looking to ride this remarkable wave have invested heavily in prosaic sectors like real estate...
...While it’s up to debate as to why this shift is occurring among students of both parties, Sheffield has his own hypothesis involving the growing importance of the conservative Christian right in the GOP. “Because the economic conservatives who traditionally allied with the Republican party are gradually realizing that the Christian right maintains a strong hold on the party’s nominations for most important elected positions and will continue to be the largest single component of the Republican voting base,” he says, “it is nearly impossible...
...might explain the shift toward more positive emotions and thought processes as people age and approach death, and the preternaturally positive outlook that some terminally ill patients seem to muster. Though it looks a lot like old-fashioned denial, that's not the case, says lead author Nathan DeWall. It's not that "'I know I'm going to die, but I just con myself into thinking I'm not.' I don't think that's what's going on here," says DeWall. "I think what's happening is that people are really unaware of [their own resilience]" - whereas, with...
...people than it helps. Stern calls agricultural subsidies "a rip-off" for citizens of rich countries, who have to pay higher prices and taxes than they would in a world where goods were traded freely. But those hurt by free trade--farmers and textile workers who might have to shift jobs--are always easier for politicians to identify and support than the much larger number who are helped by it. And remember: those helped include foreigners whose export earnings enable them to afford more U.S. products...
...human rights are as rare in Cuba as meat and modern appliances. That was duly underscored on Wednesday when President Bush invited the relatives of jailed Cuban dissidents to the State Department for his first policy speech on Cuba in four years. But any expectation of a major policy shift was dissipated after listening to the President. Bush simply gussied up some of the same old bromides - "The socialist paradise is a tropical gulag" - that have marked U.S.-Cuban relations for decades...