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Anticipation for the Waziristan offensive began this summer, after the conclusion of active fighting in Swat, another militant stronghold in Pakistan. Provincial officials announced that the government had decided to move next against the then chief of TTP, Baitullah Mehsud, in his South Waziristan stronghold. But military operations in Swat...
When the No. 8 Harvard men’s soccer team tied 1-1 with Cornell this past Saturday, the reaction was mostly one of relief.
After Harvard tied the game, the two teams remained at a stalemate for the remainder of regulation and then both ten-minute overtimes. The result was a tie, Cornell’s third of the season and Harvard’s first.
But the big surprise on the weekend was Penn. After shooting an uninspiring 309 in the first round, the Quakers shot a +7 (291) to jump from tied at 14th in the first round to tied at fourth in the second.
The linkage between Asian growth and the American consumer bears special mention. The U.S. consumer is still the dominant consumer in the global economy. Although America accounts for only about 4.5% of the world's population, its consumers spent about $10 trillion in 2008. By contrast, although China and India...