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...that true democracy requires more than elections?it also demands the rule of law, honest bureaucrats, the protection of minorities and so on. (By those criteria, Indonesia still has some way to go.) But that doesn't mean that building democratic societies has to proceed at a snail's pace?a process that can be used by entrenched ?lites to hold on to power while they "ready" their nations for democracy. In a recent speech, Mark Malloch-Brown, the administrator of the U.N. Development Program, acknowledged that "democracy is a long project" but cautioned against "believing that democracy takes millennia...
...Michael Steinhardt quest accelerates—I am encountering your fans and friends at an increasing pace as the years progress—I find myself wondering if our paths might one day cross. Sometimes at work everyone takes a break to watch the random police/armed robber car chases on Fox News. My mind drifts and I start to plan our in-person encounter...
...China's economic boom is, quite literally, running out of power. Since 1980, when the nation's economy first began to emerge from the darkness, energy consumption has skyrocketed by more than 150%. But construction of new power plants has not kept pace. Last year, millions of Chinese suffered blackouts when massive power shortages affected two-thirds of the country's 31 provinces and municipalities. Multinational companies operating in China, among them General Motors and Panasonic, were forced to shift their production schedules to off-peak hours, which lost them days of work, while thousands of local companies suspended operations...
Along with drinking fluids, there are other measures to prevent a problem. For example, experts suggest light outdoor exercise, which acclimatizes your body to the hot environment and helps you expel heat more efficiently. When you exercise, do so in the cooler times of the day, at a moderate pace and for less time than usual. And, suggests Julie Main, general manager of the Santa Barbara Athletic Club in California, use a heart-rate monitor to keep at safe stress levels...
...backing up his tough talk with a strategy to augment the company's design and technology prowess. For instance, LG.Philips announced in March it would invest $22 billion with its suppliers in new flat-screen production facilities over the next 10 years. Kim is recruiting engineers at a furious pace, aiming to increase research-and-development teams to 60% of LG's total payroll by 2005, from 40% today. One recent afternoon at the LG Electronics Corporate Design Center in Seoul, young Koreans in jeans and hip black sweaters were packing up plastic models of computer monitors and microwaves...