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...foreign investment. Says Kumar Mangalam Birla, chairman of the Aditya Birla Group, a Bombay-based conglomerate, and one of the country's richest men: "65% of our population is in the villages; you have to have a budget that addresses them." Empowering the poor, many businessmen say, will eventually widen the foundations of the boom. "The emphasis on health, education and fighting poverty will mean increased economic opportunities and spending power. The tech sector in this country would be an indirect beneficiary," says Kiran Karnik, head of NASSCOM, India's information-technology trade association. Yet for many Indians...
Freshman Adrienne Bernakevitch also helped widen the Crimson’s lead, scoring the first goal of her Harvard career early in the third period on a deflection from fellow freshman Brenna McLean...
...Debt. The costs of making the transition to a private-account system are estimated at up to $2 trillion. That burden will widen the government's already yawning budget deficit, and could put the economy at risk for higher interest rates...
Take the Harvard women’s fencing team’s 21-6 win last week over Brandeis, substitute another cross-town rival, widen the margin of victory and you have Saturday’s match against Tufts...
...basis of a national army capable of defending the country's borders against foreign attack. And the elections scheduled for January 30 are unlikely to end the insurgency. If the projected Sunni boycott transpires and Shiite religious parties, as expected, dominate at the polls, the conflict may even widen and deepen following the election. The ability of the U.S. to achieve its goals in Iraq may come to depend on achieving a consensus with Iraq's neighbors, and other allies, over the country's immediate future. The neighbor with the greatest influence in Iraq will almost certainly be Iran, which...