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...other countries' experiences in making the transition to modernity. In a speech last month to a closed-door session of the Communist Party leadership, President Hu Jintao said that the Party should "study and borrow from the useful practices" of ruling parties elsewhere in the world, in order to "widen our eyes and open our minds." The Hong Kong-based South China Morning Post reported that Hu went on to say that the repositioning of the British Labour Party to the center was an example of political adaptation worth studying. So it is; but if China's leaders want...
...other countries' experiences in making the transition to modernity. In a speech last month to a closed-door session of the Communist Party leadership, President Hu Jintao said that the Party should "study and borrow from the useful practices" of ruling parties elsewhere in the world, in order to "widen our eyes and open our minds." The Hong Kong-based South China Morning Post reported that Hu went on to say that the repositioning of the British Labour Party to the center was an example of political adaptation worth studying. So it is; but if China's leaders want...
Seven months ago, the Democrats' quest for the Senate appeared hopeless, and Republicans, who cling to a slim 51-to-48 majority (with one independent), were confidently predicting they would widen that lead. Especially in the Republican-friendly South, Democrats were staring at a wipeout, with five of their Senators--Fritz Hollings of South Carolina, John Breaux of Louisiana, John Edwards of North Carolina, Zell Miller of Georgia and Bob Graham of Florida--all deciding to retire...
...hope to widen my base in my conclusion...
...Indicators revealed similarly upsetting statistics: despite unprecedented prosperity gains in the West, the number of people living on less than $1 a day in sub-Saharan Africa has more than doubled since 1981. The scale of the disparity is larger than most Americans can comprehend, and it will only widen if leaders do not take dramatic action. As one of the world’s foremost academic institutions, Harvard is uniquely poised to identify and train leaders with the capacity to effect this kind of change. The CID plays a pivotal role in this process; shutting it down would...