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...Uniform policy prescriptions don't come easy for a diverse group of countries ranging from Venezuela to Indonesia. For example, banking-sector repair and reform is likely more needed in India than in China, because India's financial sector is more intertwined with Western markets than China's is. Less sophisticated economies that rely on manufacturing and agriculture may largely avoid the pain that has accompanied the worldwide breakdown of complicated financial systems...
...that the final incident that led to Monegan's firing was perhaps the most (unintentionally) hilarious part of the whole saga. In the run-up to Alaska's 2008 Police Memorial Day event, Monegan visited Palin in Anchorage and brought along an official portrait of a state trooper in uniform, saluting in front of the police memorial in Anchorage, for Palin to sign and present at the event. The trooper? Mike Wooten...
Roman Holiday. Italy has established a uniform hotel rating system countrywide, despite resistance from some hoteliers, who were concerned that the bill was passed without their input. The new ratings - from one to five stars - will standardize hotel grades depending on room size, accessibility of private bathrooms, satellite TV, air-conditioning, Internet access, safes, the quality of cleaning services and the hours reception areas are manned...
...After the piece, Previn offered criticism of the performance, with both compliments and suggestions for improvements. Besides calling the trio “absolutely wonderful,” he also offered some finer points, such as where to accent certain notes and how to sound more uniform as a trio by playing the same type of vibrato. “Play to each other’s strengths and not just to your own,” he said. “I wish you luck; I think you will do very well.”Shortly thereafter, a second...
...Elliott - "Oz," as all knew him - was born in 1924 in New York City and served in the U.S. Navy in the Pacific. He was not the least of that remarkable generation of Americans who, pitched into uniform as young men, returned home to build a society that for 30 years epitomized vigor and modernity. With a degree from Harvard, Oz went into journalism, first with the Journal of Commerce and then with TIME. In 1955 he was hired by Newsweek, then TIME's distant competitor, and rose rapidly up the editing ranks. In 1960 he worked with his friend...