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...Similarly, the need for basing rights for the Afghanistan operation prompted the U.S. to crown Uzbekistan's authoritarian President Islam Karimov as an ally. But Human Rights Watch this week noted that President Karimov is using the war on terror as an excuse to mount a massive crackdown on all Muslims who want to practice their faith independently of the government. Some observers believe that this week's outbreak of bombings and shootings directed against the police in Uzbek cities may be rooted not only in local al-Qaeda linked groups, but also in response to President Karimov's repression...
...delivers the goods”—economic growth rests on the kinds of institutions that empire makes possible. Ferguson’s current work includes the calculation of investments made in the British empire, investments that would have been inaccessible to those countries not under the British crown. Ferguson points out that there is a striking similarity between what institutions and indicators current economists require as prerequisites to growth and the priorities of the past British empire. From here we are forced down a slippery slope: The colonial projects of the 19th century may not have been entirely...
...zero job offers and rejection from numerous parties and women. Is that all? Not even close. The Din and Tonics denied him a spot five times, the Hasty Pudding Theatricals rejected him four times and last year the judges of the annual Miss Harvard pageant refused Maats the sparkling crown and velvet sash—for the second year in a row. “I have no qualms about being publicly humiliated,” he says. “I think that’s the nice thing about rejection. It’s a growing experience...
...incapable of making a decision until the most popular course is revealed. Only then would he jump on the winning bandwagon. And this from a man who wants us to entrust him with the responsibility for making decisions concerning life and death, war and peace? ALAN O'CONNOR Crown Point...
Ringling has long been the crown jewel of Feld Entertainment. The company, based in Vienna, Va., also produces Disney on Ice and will soon launch a Winnie-the-Pooh live-entertainment show. Until entertainer Roy Horn's near fatal encounter with a tiger last year, the company also had a steady money-maker as producer of Siegfried & Roy in Las Vegas. The privately held company doesn't disclose its finances, but Feld indicated that the circus business lately has been far from spectacular. Ringling revenues are up 13% over the past five years and 36% over the past decade. According...