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...went up. Was it corruption? About a dozen hands. Was it that we'd lost our way on spending and the need for small government? The majority of hands went up ... The American people came to believe that we're the party of Big Government. That's why they threw us out." Actually, no: it was Iraq and corruption. And worse, it can be argued that the failure in Iraq and the moral sloppiness that overtook the late, great Republican Congress were direct consequences of a 25-year political pendulum swing to the right, which has resulted in a vaulting...
...population continues to grow in Asia, Africa and the Middle East, even as the population in Europe stagnates at best, so huge and unpredictable political and economic power swings may follow. Certainly, the Indians present - this was the second year running that they provided a huge contingent, and threw some of the best parties, too - had the sort of confidence that comes from knowing that their domestic market is going to continue to grow. The European one won't. German Chancellor Angela Merkel, in her second year already something of a Davos star, spoke of the end of a "Eurocentric...
...itself into a more internationally minded financial center to stay competitive. That transformation has become so successful lately that it has led to widespread speculation over whether London or New York City will become the world's supreme financial capital of the 21st century. While the n.y.s.e. and nasdaq threw swank cocktail parties during the annual gathering of the World Economic Forum in Davos, talk of London's rise among business leaders was even more intoxicating. "London's openness, to foreign capital, to trade, to immigration," has helped it forge "a tremendous set of advantages," Laura D. Tyson, a former...
...second game of the year.The Crimson scored its lone goal near the end of the opening frame with a heads-up play from freshman defender Kathryn Farni and the nice finishing touch of its stars. Gathering the puck off of a faceoff, Farni waited for the right moment and threw the puck on net. The rebound was picked up by Chu, who got it to Vaillancourt just outside of the crease on the left. The sophomore slammed home the puck past sprawled-out St. Lawrence netminder Meaghan Guckian.The Saints’ Carson Duggan netted the first goal of the game...
...home. Palestinian students staged a demonstration at Bir Zeit University, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. Restive Israeli troops fired on them, killing two youths and wounding twelve. The next day Israeli soldiers shot and killed a 14-year-old Palestinian near the city of Nablus after he threw stones at them. Once again, tension in the West Bank was running high...