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...vegetables to the rest of the world. Unless Europe, the U.S. and Japan make a serious attempt to cut their distorting and self-indulgent agricultural subsidies at the World Trade Organization meeting in Hong Kong later this year, Africa will always struggle to break out of its poverty trap. Forgiving debt without opening up markets would be like sponsoring a sports team and then asking the players to take the field with their hands tied behind their backs. It's time to come up with the money Africa needs now. But to make sure Africa...
...classic boom-and-bust business, and managing the booms can be as tough as getting through the busts. In previous periods of high oil prices, there has been an ugly history of overspending on poorly conceived projects that quickly soured. ExxonMobil seems determined not to fall into that trap. The company has produced industry-leading returns in recent years by not zigzagging with every change in oil prices. (It's worth noting that ExxonMobil's earnings are less tied to high prices than are those of other major oil companies.) To keep tabs on its spending, the company requires that...
Several young gay men have since told the paper of their encounters with West. Ryan Oelrich, 24, says the mayor appointed him to Spokane's human-rights commission after they met on gay.com, the same website on which the Spokesman-Review set its trap. Oelrich says he resigned after six months because West kept propositioning him and once offered him $300 to swim naked with him. Most disturbing were the accusations leveled by two men--one in jail, the other on parole--who say they were molested by West in the late 1970s, when they were between the ages...
...wants to put on some sandals and grab some lunch in Dunster d-hall. It just won’t be that easy; it will take effort. The question is whether or not we will overcome the “out of sight, out of mind” trap...
Let’s not leave these memories behind. Let’s continue to cultivate and strengthen our relationships in the future. Let’s not fall into the “out of sight, out of mind” trap...