Word: transformers
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That could transform politics in Senegal, where even folks sufficiently long in the tooth to have voted in each of the country's general elections have seen only two parties returned to power. The leftist Socialist Party held sway for 40 years. That rule was broken in 2000 by Wade's liberal Senegalese Democratic Party (pds). Although back in power, it's by no means clear that the pds should look forward to repeating its predecessor's four-decade stint. Despite solid economic growth - 5% on average - during Wade's first term, most people interviewed in the streets say they...
...will Europe respond? For all the babble of clashing ideas, there's more harmony than you might think. Historic promises have been made on aid, debt and even the thorny subject of trade. Aggressive progress on these, matched by advances in fighting the evils of corruption in Africa, could transform the continent and prevent the fire from spreading. As a group, the E.U. countries have promised to commit 0.7 percent of GDP to the poorest of the poor. How Europe works to keep that promise is as important to Europe as it is to Africa...
...much input as possible from the people who will have to live with the long-term and short-term changes of the development.” “For the past 90 years, this area has been subjected to high-volume traffic, and we want to transform it into an area [that] also focuses on the pedestrian,” said Harris S. Band, the director of physical planning for the Harvard-Allston Development Group. Allston residents who spoke last night expressed reservations over the prospective new road. “When we purchased our houses, we didn?...
...said. Max Anderson, a workshop panelist and current student at KSG and the Business School, spoke of the “open-source movement,” where campaigns enable individuals to independently endorse candidates through innovative technologies like Facebook, YouTube, and text messaging. Anderson said this will transform the 2008 campaigns. Volpe said this shift will require strategists to “cede some control in order to create a relationship with young voters and let them persuade their friends and their peers in ways which they’re used to communicating.” But the panelists...