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...leaders have their hands in the till, which chokes off investment and enterprise on which development depends. Foreign aid donors have been trying to tackle this problem in the way they administer (and deny) grants, with some success, and African leaders have started a "peer review" system to compare notes, but both efforts are constrained by diplomatic proprieties. Ibrahim, who says he's been thinking for years about what he could do to help the continent that made him rich, knows his private money has the freedom to make a few waves. And while his prize has guaranteed...
...demonstrations, instead of using the ballot box? Not at all. This is building up Taiwan's democratic system. Since 1992, people can elect their legislature and, since 1996, their President, but when the legislators and President don't have the trust of the people and they have to wait till their term is over, that hurts the country more...
...pictures of the Civil Rights movement from Emmett Till to Barack Obama...
...Every year, from 1955 till 2001, we would have applications from one dozen to two dozen students for part-time jobs,” Ferranti said. “Over the years some of our finest employees were fellows from Harvard Crimson...
...seem to be procrastinating very effectively. I’ve already written almost 20 pages! My advisor is annoyed that I’ve been working ahead, and he’s run out of related reading to assign me. What can I do to fill the time till my inevitable acceptance of the Hoopes Prize? Could you suggest some entertaining diversions from my magnum opus, preferably ones that would take up most of my waking hours...