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...Power of Education I was stunned to read Aryn Baker's article "Learning Curve" about how important it is for the U.S. to build schools in Afghanistan, and not see mention of Greg Mortensen or his little NGO, Central Asia Institute, which has been responsible for building 131 schools in the most remote areas of northern Pakistan and Afghanistan [Jan. 25]. This modest American nurse has virtually single-handedly (and single-mindedly) brought education to people who have been overlooked by the rest of the world. If anyone deserves the Nobel Peace Prize, it is Greg Mortensen. Jef Westing...
...Power of Education I was stunned to read Aryn Baker's article "Learning Curve" about how important it is for the U.S. to build schools in Afghanistan, and not see mention of Greg Mortensen or his little NGO, Central Asia Institute, which has been responsible for building 131 schools in the most remote areas of northern Pakistan and Afghanistan [Jan. 25]. This modest American nurse has virtually single-handedly (and single-mindedly) brought education to people who have been overlooked by the rest of the world. If anyone deserves the Nobel Peace Prize, it is Greg Mortensen. Jef Westing Isle...
...lives for a while with a member of the '70s arena band Blue Öyster Cult, until she discovers--surprise!--that he messes around on the road. She has an affair with the playwright Sam Shepard, who handles her with care but neglects at first to mention his wife...
...their store-bought PC’s that slowed them down to a virtual crawl, violating European antitrust regulations regarding software bundling, and prematurely cutting off support for Windows XP (the world’s most popular operating system), Apple looks pretty good in comparison. Oh, and did I mention Windows Vista...
François Godement, a senior policy fellow with the European Council on Foreign Relations and president of the Asia Centre at the Institut d'Etudes Politiques in Paris, says the Spanish bid to review the embargo is especially ill-conceived since there has been no mention of trying to squeeze concessions from China first. "There seems to be some expectation of future Chinese goodwill of an unspecified nature," he says. "But China has steadfastly refused to give anything in exchange." Godement says Europeans have long deluded themselves that China will accept them as equal partners when, in fact, Beijing...