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...what is in their national interest as anything that annoys the U.S. or causes us problems. If the reflex to score points in a zero-sum game becomes a default feature in the software of Russian foreign policy, it will only generate mistrust on our side. That kind of vicious cycle, so familiar during the cold war, would be bad for everyone, but particularly for the Russians. They would risk repeating many of the mistakes that made nine-tenths of the 20th century such a disaster for them. Most notably those mistakes included defining their own security at the expense...
...such budding markets also promise far faster growth than anything the silver-haired domestic economy is likely to muster, presenting the tantalizing possibility of such stocks rising an average 20% to 30% a year over long periods. So far, no large schools of U.S. investors are swimming overseas. A vicious bear market that clipped emerging-market stocks by 30% or more in 1994 remains a powerful deterrent. But Michael Price, the highly regarded manager of the Mutual Series funds, recently launched a European fund to capture values he sees overseas. The fund company Federated Investors, which manages more than...
Minorities may never reach the upper ranks of some organizations because of the ignorance and prejudice of high-ranking decision-makers. If minorities cannot reach the top, they can never significantly impact the company to change policy. Affirmative action breaks this vicious cycle to ensure that minorities can influence policy...
...father, grandfathers and uncle instilled in me a hunting ethic: respect for wildlife and habitat, fair chase, safety and reverence for the bounty and wonder of nature. Individuals involved with bear baiting, hounding and same-day, airborne hunting are not true hunters. Shame on them for their vicious slaughter of wildlife! But shame on us, the upstanding hunters, too for not pursuing these individuals. The hunting community should be the leading voice calling for immediate bans on these practices and criminal penalties against those who use them. CHADWIN B. SMITH Arlington, Virginia Via E-mail...
With 30 degree days becoming the norm and vicious winds not uncommon, it is obvious that winter is coming around the bend. Dartboard is finding face-time in the cold outdoors increasingly dangerous, and hereby announces its official hibernation into the belly of the beast at 14 Plympton St. Alas, activity continues on the streets of Cambridge...