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...expand by less than 4% this year and next. Foreign direct investment poured into Turkey this decade as companies ranging from French insurer Axa to U.S. private-equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts snapped up Turkish assets. But that flood has now been reduced to a trickle. The burgeoning middle class is starting to curb its free-spending ways, and the nation's two major export industries - automobiles and textiles - are watching nervously as international sales drop...
...freedom of speech and expression. However, this liberty does not justify any behavior in the classroom, especially if it comes at the expense of students’ best interests. Just like employees in any other sector, teachers are held to certain standards of conduct: A teacher cannot spend science classes expounding on the merits of creationism or turn a history period into an advertisement for Scientology while hiding behind the shield of free speech. Similarly, a teacher should not be permitted to create a classroom climate that alienates certain students. While political buttons can be characterized as a benign form...
...preseason poll was released the same day. Defending champion Cornell was a unanimous pick among all 16 voters to repeat as league champions. Harvard is projected to finish fourth in the league, behind Penn and Yale.Harvard will look to surpass these expectations with the help of a stellar senior class. Guard Drew Housman, along with forwards Evan Harris and Andrew Pusar, lead the class in its last crack at an Ivy championship.Ivy League Executive Director Jeff Orleans opened the teleconference by expressing his excitement for the season ahead.“We have some interesting freshmen coming in and some...
...against the window with his partner on his lap and a blanket pulled over them. "At first I thought they were sleeping," June says, "but their bodies were moving very discreetly up and down." Rather than interrupt, June went immediately back to the galley and announced the coach-class quickie to the other flight attendants. "Of course, [they] all did cabin walk-throughs shortly after!" June says...
...edge of violence. Sometimes said to be the most divisive political figure in Thailand's history, Thaksin remains enormously popular with the rural poor for his populist policies like cheap health care and easy credit. But the billionaire businessman is also still reviled by the urban middle class and conservatives, who view him as a corrupt authoritarian whose power and wealth posed a threat to the nation's revered monarchy...