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Japan is ascendant again, but China is wobbly. That's the surprising assessment of the World Economic Forum's (WEF) Global Competitiveness Report 2004-2005, which ranks 104 economies on whether they have what it takes to keep growing. Japan, which placed 21st in 2001, has muscled its way back into the top 10 on the strength of renewed confidence and improved public-sector transparency. But China has fallen to 46th place, behind Latvia and Botswana. "The message to China is you've grown really well," says WEF senior economist Jennifer Blanke, "but if you want to continue to grow...
...just last week, members of the Black Men’s Forum and the lacrosse team turned up to cheer for the team, and some led a group of younger fans in a victory lap around Ohiri field after the Crimson’s 4-0 defeat of Cornell...
...City” at a brisk pace. Obviously, there is more work to be done. Al-Jazeera’s staff must learn to suppress their personal opinions more effectively, even when making everyday reporting decisions about the wording of articles and headlines. Indeed, the station recently hosted a forum on media bias and has developed a training regimen for aspiring Arab reporters. Al-Jazeera can’t be faulted for not trying to bring its reporting standards, and the reporting standards of the entire Arab world, up to Western specs...
Speaking at the Institute of Politics’ JFK Jr. Forum, Philip D. Zelikow fielded questions about the strategies involved in producing the report and selecting commission members from Warren Professor of American History Ernest R. May, who was a senior adviser to the commission...
...Zimmer ’07, who said he has read the complete report, said he came out of the forum with a better knowledge of details about the commission and the report...