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Improving the welfare of his people is Irwandi's top priority, of course. In theory he has the financial wherewithal to achieve this: Aceh is rich in natural resources, particularly oil and gas. So far, though, these riches have mainly profited the national treasury or the oil Goliath ExxonMobil, or...
For space watchers, these are game changers. In the three years since President George W. Bush announced his plan to send Americans back to the moon and on to Mars, questions have persisted about whether NASA has the institutional wherewithal to pull off so grand a plan and whether there...
That is, if it’s assumed that the less-privileged participate at all. Perhaps the most important message that Harvard is sending is that there are many students who don’t even have the wherewithal to enter a game that starts earlier and earlier.
The Iraq war is a catch-22 of sorts. The U.S. will not negotiate with nuke-craving and terrorist-harboring states like Iran and Syria for obvious reasons. But if Iran and Syria get involved, the war will soon be history, because both countries have the wherewithal to rein in...
Re "Too much of a good thing" [Oct. 30]: Soon the whole inflated and severely overheated Bordeaux market will burst like a soap bubble. Is there any human being who can truly appreciate the difference between an exorbitantly expensive bottle of Bordeaux and an excellent, modestly priced wine from California...