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...simple as oil wealth equaling authoritarianism, let alone democracy fluctuating with the price of oil. The baby steps in Bahrain aren't in league with democratic development elsewhere in the world, and the trends there can hardly be considered permanent. More important, how do you account for oil-rich countries as diverse as Norway, Britain, Malaysia, Indonesia, Mexico and Venezuela? And would the theory apply to oil-rich states in the U.S.? Prof. Karl says oil and democracy don't mix when the black gold dominates a country's exports. "Countries that are most dependent on oil are the least...
...actually thought it was a bit of a scream. We all went to Britain and there was tremendous reaction. I can remember walking across the street and a London taxi stopped and the taxi driver - he was a tough-looking cookie - came out and said "You're Hillary, aren't you?" And I said "Yeah." And he said, "Congratulations. You know you've done a great job for us!" He got back in his cab and drove of. Now, the contrast was when we arrived back here in New Zealand. There was a big crowd - Mayor of Auckland...
...thrived at the time. It turns out that when water evaporates from the sea but doesn't return (implying that it's trapped up on land somewhere, frozen), the ratio of oxygen-18 to oxygen-16 in seawater changes (O-18 is heavier, so it evaporates less). The foraminifera aren't picky; they just incorporate oxygen into their shells, in whichever form...
...same as voting for a change, and Leno and company were shaking up their acts not because of some ideal but because their corporate bosses made them. (And Leno's ratings fell off after his return night.) But in both arenas, we saw that reliability and competence aren't everything. The strike, let us hope, will not last all election season. But TV's talkers--among others--learned that it's not always terrible to rip up the script...
...annual French internet access increasing by nearly 14% per year - and by more than 22% for fast connections - Sarkozy may be banking on something his fellow cash-strapped leaders may also get hip to: internet access just isn't optional for most people any more. "These days, there just aren't many people who could respond to higher Internet prices by saying, 'Forget it, I'll just do without the net from now on,'" Mandela says. "Ten, even five years ago, that wasn't necessarily so. Today, who has the choice...