Word: westly
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...European car markets in the 1970s and 1980s to a large extent because of their low labor costs. The Japanese auto firms created brands, instead of acquiring them. Toyota (TM) and Honda (HMC) developed reputations for quality and service that often eclipsed those of their competition in the West...
...only hurdle that stands in the way of China's interest in buying car-company assets in the West is the potential desire of governments in the U.S. and E.U. to block buyouts. That could cause trade friction, but it raises a much greater issue. When there is not enough money to go around, which assets will be protected? The economy has created a situation where many critical industries will have to suffer a substantial number of bankruptcies unless their governments step in. Or their governments can let the Chinese buy them which would likely preserve jobs...
...government at that point was already under enormous pressure not only from inside of the country, where cries to lift travel restriction were becoming louder and louder, but also from Czechoslovakia, which was struggling to cope with the mass exodus of East Germans who were fleeing to the West via its borders...
...soldier China Keitetsi when she came to give a talk to the Harvard African Students Association. While Iweala had already written a rough short story about a child soldier, Keitetsi inspired him to write something larger in scope. Iweala decided to set his novel in a fictional country in West Africa, but he felt that he had to understand the world of a child soldier before he could begin writing. He began reading texts on the subject and interviews with former child soldiers, as well as talking to survivors of the Nigerian Civil War of the 1960s...
...peruse the grocery aisle for locally made artisanal palm sugars, sea salt and coffee to take home as gifts and souvenirs. Or you can step around the corner to Jalan Oberoi and go gift-hunting in its fashion boutiques and design shops. Next, hop in a taxi and head west about 20 minutes to Echo Beach, a popular surf spot. Work up an appetite for lunch by putting the previous day's surfing lesson into practice. A trio of beach shacks located where the road meets the sea offers grilled seafood, fresh juices and cold beers. Surfers, both...