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...might think the last thing we should be worrying about right now is taking a vacation. Who can afford it? Aren't we all meant to be saving and paying off mortgages? But that's to underestimate the size of the global tourism industry and its potential to energize the world economy. By most accounts tourism is one of the world's biggest industries, accounting for 7.6% of the world's workers (220 million jobs) and generating a staggering 9.4% of global income ($5.5 trillion). "If you look at its linkages with other sectors, you see how deeply it cuts...
...appearance of change without concrete results may not be enough. Yashwant Deshmukh, who runs the independent polling firm Team Cvoter in New Delhi, says that the one thing that young voters have in common is their pragmatism. They look for what he calls "visible development" - a tangible sign of effectiveness - and will reward it at the polls. That was the powerful lesson of local elections held last Nov. 29 in New Delhi. The polls opened while the siege of Mumbai was still going on, and many political observers expected that the BJP, which had relentlessly portrayed Congress as "soft...
...programs. At a point when core academic facets such as faculty hiring are being sacrificed, it seems reasonable to limit features more tangential to the academic experience. Indoor athletic facilities during the summer certainly fit this description. The ready availability of Stairmasters and treadmills was undoubtedly not the first thing on students’ minds when they decided to come to Harvard. Their temporary loss may be lamented as an inconvenience, but it will not harm the caliber of their education...
...husband and wife, were the only employees at the 96,000 sq. ft. Two Rivers facility. They were laid off on Jan. 23. "Those of us who were involved had such high hopes," she says. "The state blocked us at every stage. It could've been such a good thing. I sit here now, watching businesses close and people wondering if they'll lose their houses. It's sad. But the idea of housing Gitmo prisoners here just floors me. It would be scary...
...self-destructive act, oddly enough, is a sort of legal tradition in Ireland. As early as the 8th century, villagers aired their grievances and settled disputes by fasting on the doorsteps of their wrongdoers until they were publicly shamed into doing the right thing. The IRA resurrected the practice in 1917, with Thomas Ashe, leader of the 1916 Easter Rising in Dublin, who died in the city's cruelly named Mountjoy Prison during a botched force-feeding. "It is not those who can inflict the most, but those who can suffer the most who will conquer," he declared shortly before...