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...tight wire cages for 20 or more hours a day. They also rejected the notion that a sport propped up by state-sponsored gambling (a 1986 state law granted the racetracks subsidies and tax breaks) can be a bastion of free market liberalism. The vote made Massachusetts the 35th state to no longer participate in a pastime that, with 800 injuries on this state’s tracks alone since 2002, is one of the few remaining legal blood sports...
...result, the kingdom is on the move. On the World Economic Forum's list, it is 27th, up from 35th last year. It sprinted up the World Bank's list, from 67th in 2005 to 16th in 2008, making it the easiest place to do business in the Middle East. In that time, foreign investment in Saudi Arabia has nearly doubled, to $23 billion. "Foreign businesses are looking at us differently," al-Dabbagh boasts. Companies with a long history of working in the kingdom say they've noticed the difference. "The say/do factor has improved significantly," says Nabil Habayeb...
...drugs and even murdering unpopular commanders. With draftees' tours limited to 12 months, military units lost their vital cohesion. In order to help "bring this level of indiscipline down," as he told Congress at the time, Kerwin drafted plans for what became the all-volunteer force that celebrated its 35th birthday on July...
...staff member explains: ''He talks about his employees as being 'my soldiers.' People from military backgrounds are used to working hard and giving pretty much undivided loyalty to their superiors. That's the way Mr. Eisenberg likes it.'' When Rabin left Beijing last week, Eisenberg stayed on at his 35th-floor office in the China World Hotel. He was host at two banquets the same night -- one for a provincial governor and the other for officials of China's state television network. Two days later, he flew to India, where the Ministry of Power wanted to talk with him about...
...pedestrians or weaving through rush-hour traffic at 25 miles an hour. There are differences between the messengers and the pros. The street riders' pre-race diet is often beer instead of energy drinks. It was also an alien locale. The race, part of this year's Harlem Rocks 35th Annual Skyscraper Cycling Classic, was held in Marcus Garvey Park, up by Fifth Avenue and 120th Street. Many bike messengers rarely travel above 100th Street since most of their business keeps them downtown. Still, says James "Speedy" Hines, a Harlem resident and a bike messenger for two decades: "It feels...