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...quite. Oddly, the country's economic coherence of the past 15 years has gone hand-in-hand with political fractiousness. There have been 12 governments since 1991, and increasingly there's a polarization between those who insist it's vital for Estonia to stick to its current successful model and those who argue it's time for serious tinkering. The tax system, widely seen as a cornerstone of Estonia's success to date, faces the biggest threat. A 26% flat income tax was introduced in 1994. The rate has since dropped to 23% and the official plan - depending...
...gateway to the national Miss CO-ED contest. The magazine encouraged each hopeful to submit flattering photos for “some advance consideration.” Everything came together last Tuesday in the Gilbert living room in Currier, where CO-ED judges rubbed shoulders with a few male models as Freeze photographers snapped pictures of each of the candidates. The night’s action took place under the watchful eyes of a curiously out-of-place onlooker in a pink polo and dark shades. The sunglasses were clearly a precaution against sudden surges of extreme hotness...
...daring,” this systematic inequality will likely radically change the game’s dynamic.Many have also lauded the new method of voting in tribal council. While Seiku is going to remain on the somewhat stale “one man, one vote” model, Anawatu tribe members will only be able to vote in tribal council after passing a complex “Survivor Literacy Test” about the subtleties of the game’s rules. Thereafter, each Anawatu vote would count for only 3/5 of every Seiku vote.Fortunately, the program...
...spent the first month just trying to agree on vocabulary," says Torres. "Were we 'cooking in a vacuum' or 'vacuum cooking'?" Within months, however, they had completed the first prototype, an ungainly contraption whose three pieces were joined by long hoses and cables. "We called it our garage model," says Martínez, "because it looked like something a mechanic would put together." So dubious was the machine's appearance that, when the team was stopped for a road inspection on its way to present the Gastrovac at a conference in San Sebastián, they spent two hours convincing...
...Second World War, and last Tuesday’s coup is the first in over a decade. In 2001, Thaksin, who has faced allegations of nepotism and corruption, became the first elected Prime Minister in the history of Thailand to complete a term. Despite news of the turmoil, Harvard Model Congress in Asia plans to host its simulated Congress for U.S. high school students in Thailand this summer for the second time, according to organizers. “[We’re] anticipating a little reluctance on the part of the high schools, but we are really not that worried...