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...real, substantive concerns associated with ANWR: technical concerns, economic concerns, and foremost concerns about the principle of environmental protection. And there are real alternatives, too, not the least of would be more efforts at conservation. The only reason to resolve the ANWR debate in a budget resolution was to avoid an inevitable filibuster. But ANWR is exactly the type of issue that should not be swept under the carpet. That the Senate would abandon ANWR for, in terms of the time horizon involved, a smidgin of oil is disappointing. That the Senate would do so without admitting that such...
...Case in point: Shanda Interactive Entertainment, China's largest online game provider. Huang's fund injected $40 million into the business and helped its young, Chinese-educated chairman hone the company's international image by hiring a proper financial comptroller and relieving family members of top-level jobs to avoid nepotism charges. After going public last May, Shanda saw its stock price more than double in just six months; one of Shanda's co-founders, Chen Tianqiao, is one of China's richest...
...experts. Others report that she is unexpectedly generous with her time, even to countries that have been sharply critical of the U.S. At the Sharm el-Sheikh summit in February between Arab and Israeli leaders, Rice met with all the participants individually but steered clear of the summit to avoid the appearance of U.S. overreach. And an Israeli official notes that in private negotiating sessions, Rice has a clever way of pushing hard on an issue, even if only to elicit a vague agreement. But then she immediately doubles down. "She'll restate it in a firmer way," says this...
...focus on what everyone really wants: fewer abortions. As a staunch pro-lifer and Christian, I have a hard time admitting that we need to increase access to contraception, but I certainly would accept pills and condoms (with a healthy dose of lessons on abstinence and self-control) to avoid the taking of human life...
Case in point: Shanda Interactive Entertainment, China's largest online game provider. Huang's fund injected $40 million into the business and helped its young, Chinese-educated chairman hone the company's international image by hiring a proper financial comptroller and relieving family members of top-level jobs to avoid nepotism charges. After going public last May, Shanda saw its stock price more than double in just six months; one of Shanda's co-founders, Chen Tianqiao, is one of China's richest...