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...about the result, which is not in doubt. What Hong Kong's people want to know is whether Tsang and his team can address the many challenges faced by one of the world's truly great cities. On the surface, Hong Kong is doing just fine, thank you. The economy is humming along-gdp growth was 6.8% in 2006 and is forecast to be at least a respectable 4.5% this year, not bad at all for a mature, first-world city. The stock market has dipped in recent weeks because of the global slump in equities, but is still...
...9/11 moment" - the attack on Pearl Harbor - that the U.S. woke up and realized there was a terrible war of civilizations going on. But, boy, when you did wake up, you didn't go to sleep again. In Britain we were being slaughtered, and we were mighty thankful to see the Yanks occupying our countryside, I can tell you. Thank God there were no Kinsleys around wanting to bring the boys home when the going got tough. By comparison, Iraq is a walk in the park. Reg Brissenden, Dorset, England...
...environment as a great unifier. Being green is getting easier as more people realize this. Bridges are being built between former rivals: Republicans and Democrats, evangelicals and atheists. Stay angry, stay eager, stay active, but don’t burn these bridges—those coming after you will thank...
...over No.1-seeded Stanford – Delaney-Smith might see to it that I’m never allowed back into the country.What with the eternal summer down here, I can’t say I’d mind too much.But I wouldn’t mind a thank-you note, postmarked from Cleveland, Ohio.—Staff writer Aidan E. Tait can be reached at atait@fas.harvard.edu...
...relations with the region, but it "helps lay the groundwork for a new, more engaged approach to Latin America that tries to redress the tremendous gap between what Washington cares about and what Latin Americans worry about," says Michael Shifter, vice president for policy at the Washington-based think thank Inter-American Dialogue...