Word: aaron
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...Wednesday, in an attempt to defuse Kenyan and U.S. anger, the much-criticized chief of the Kenyan Anti-Corruption Commission resigned. (Outrage had followed Kibaki's decision to reappoint Aaron Ringera earlier this month despite his failure to confront corruption.) Though Ringera's resignation was considered a good sign, the Kenyan government's primary response to the letters was to accuse Obama of a breach of protocol for writing to the 15 officials directly rather than to Kibaki. Instead of acknowledging the slow pace of reform, Foreign Minister Moses Wetangula suggested that actions like the U.S.'s could "precipitate...
...large shopping mall that opened in Drogheda four years ago at the height of Ireland's economic boom, Aaron Hodgins' menswear store is completely empty. The 34-year-old manager recently laid off two staff members and is worried he may lose his own job soon if sales don't pick up. He'll be voting no for the second time on Oct. 2. "There are too many countries [in the E.U.] now, and we'd just be sucked into it. Ireland won't have a voice in Europe and we'll be right down the pecking order," he says...
Other analysts say there is too much at stake for that to happen anytime soon, but that the risk is real. "The cease-fire will likely hold - imperfectly - because the alternatives are worse," says Aaron Miller, a former adviser to six U.S. Secretaries of State on Arab-Israeli affairs and a public-policy fellow at a Washington think tank. "Hamas achieved gains - propaganda; largely the leadership survived; and they still control Gaza. The Israelis got an end to high-trajectory rocket fire into Israel. If either of those objectives are undermined, then things could start up again...
Unlike most robotic hands—which are made of rigid steel—Howe’s SDM Hand is polymer-based and has flexible joints, according to Aaron M. Dollar, who helped develop the technology as a graduate student at Harvard and is now a Yale assistant professor...
...Asia's economy starts to pick up steam, Macau looks to be on another roll. Gambling revenues surged an estimated 17% in August from a year earlier to $1.4 billion, a record monthly total. Aaron Fischer, gaming analyst at brokerage CLSA in Hong Kong, expects the revival to continue. September's revenues could surge 25% or more, he says, and he sees at least "low teens" growth rates annually from 2010 to 2012. "You can put me on record saying Macau is back," Fischer says. (Watch a video about the rise of Poker in China...