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...Aboriginal people tells only one side of the story [Feb. 25]. I have lived in Australia for one-third of its history; my ancestors came here in 1791. My English ancestor was "stolen" from his family at the age of 16 for catching a fish in a farmer's stream. My Irish ancestor was "stolen" from his family for protesting against British landlords. People like them and their descendants worked to build Australia as a modern nation. When Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said sorry, he did not speak for me. I have nothing to be sorry for. Aboriginal people certainly...
...have allowed for sufficient redundancy, or the ability to adjust to strains and funnel power via different routes. Many South Floridians have been socked with bill increases of as much as $100 a month since then, which critics argue isn't necessary for a profitable utility with a revenue stream of 100,000 new residents a year...
...everyone sees it that way, though. A steady stream of would-be economic migrants has been arriving at Granny Sarah's door seeking an American visa. Almost every day she has to explain that the U.S. embassy in Nairobi is the only place that can make their American dream come true. (There's been a steady stream of journalists as well, so many that appointments now have to be made in advance before Granny Sarah will see them.) But even Granny Sarah admits to harboring secret hopes of a local windfall if Obama's momentum carries...
...country's first CEO commander-in-chief. While he was mayor of Seoul, Lee became known for thinking big. One of his celebrated projects was the removal of an espressway that ran through the heart of the capital in order to restore a six-mile-long stream. He has a more ambitious vision for the country. Lee says he wants to put in place programs that will create three million jobs over his five-term in office, as well as return Korea to 7% annual growth and put in place programs to double annual average per capita income...
...Rotberg said. Johnson-Sirleaf has also set a precedent for collaboration between Harvard and Liberia. Swanee Hunt, Director of the Kennedy School’s Women and Public Policy Program, said she has hosted Johnson-Sirleaf in her home during recent visits. Hunt said that a stream of Harvard professors conferred with the President. “She was holding court in our room,” Hunt said. Last year’s speaker, Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times reporter and former Crimson editor Nicholas D. Kristof ’82, further praised the choice...