Word: vanguards
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...rise about 5% against the dollar over the past 18 months. That makes Chinese goods more expensive in America, and the pinch is already being felt by some of China's manufacturers of textiles and other low-end merchandise. The annual trade fair in Guangzhou, a city at the vanguard of China's march toward capitalism over the past two decades, was overcrowded as usual last October with prospective foreign buyers of toys, clothing, shoes and handbags. But there was a difference, say businessmen who attended. "A lot of purchasers came to negotiate, but they didn't want...
...know that the party membership doesn't deform the will of the party's broader electorate," said party official and National Assembly deputy Bruno Le Roux. "We've become a real party grounded in its milieu." Maybe so. But that's a very different thing from a vanguard leading the workers forward into a new world. A Le Monde reporter captured the change perfectly by quoting a 45-year-old woman voter who blew up when the secretary of her party branch in Paris addressed her in the traditional leftist vernacular. "And why are you calling me 'comrade'?" she said...
...least 24 percent in 2006, according to preliminary data from the Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement, based at the University of Maryland. That increase was powered by at least 2 million more youth voters.“Young people are at the vanguard of new technology and they are the hottest new voters,” said David C. King, associate director of the Institute of Politics and lecturer at the Kennedy School of Government. “Facebook is going to be a very important tool for campaigns moving forward.”Though...
Monterrey is home to many of Mexico's largest companies, some now in the vanguard of going global. They benefited from their proximity to the U.S. and from imitating its business culture. (The Dallas Cowboys count about 1,400 Monterrey fans as season-ticket holders.) They also bulked up on Mexico's earlier import-substitution policies, which positioned them well for the challenges and opportunities when the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) came into force in January 1994. The lion's share of $200 billion of foreign investment that has rolled in since then--two-thirds from...
...national stage, and narrowly missed earning a key home regatta win on the Charles.Though no wins came of the weekend, a strong performance was a good sign for a Harvard team that wishes to retain its newly acquired No. 1 ranking as the fall finish line nears.ICSA VANGUARD SINGLEHANDED CHAMPIONSHIPRoger Williams played host to the three-day Inter-Collegiate Sailing Association’s Foster Trophy, the national championship for the singlehanded competitors. Light conditions on Sunday condensed the event down to two days, with each participant racing a total of 12 times. The Crimson qualified both senior captain Clay...