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...Shakib Noori, p.r. director of the Afghanistan Investment Support Agency, the country's business-licensing body. Afghanistan imports some $5 billion worth of goods every year, and "half of those products could be produced here in Afghanistan," says Noori. "Dairy, foodstuffs, cement-there are huge opportunities, but the problem is that there is no infrastructure." Most of the country is out of reach of an electrical grid. Even in Kabul, residents receive just three hours of electricity a day. Although a national highway system is scheduled to be completed by 2010 and a planned electrical line from Tajikistan and Uzbekistan...
...finding out about that kind of broke my heart. As it stands now, I’m happy as long as she’s happy, but there’s a part of me that hopes that someday I might have a chance. Here’s my problem: I’m supposedly going to meet this boyfriend in the near future, and, since she at least considers me a good friend, my crush has asked me to tell her what I think of him. I’m sure I’ll have mostly good things...
...Proliferating Primates Re "Way too Much Monkey Business" [Nov. 13], on the overpopulation of rhesus macaques in Delhi: The problem reflects the sad state of Indian society today. Indians see only the immediate trouble and its quick fix. In its quest for a high per capita income, the society is moving forward in much the same way it handled the monkey issue-creating problems, analyzing those problems in retrospect, critiquing the possible solutions and finally learning to coexist with the problem. Then some entrepreneur sees a business opportunity: Let's bring in bigger monkeys to solve the problem...
Much of the story of “The Veldt” takes place inside the playroom, with invisible landscapes and, often, only partially-visible actors. It is to the credit of the production that this state of affairs was, for the most part, not a problem. The room itself, designed by Todd Weekly, was constructed of translucent paper panes that allow shadows to be seen within, and was lit brilliantly by Ellie M. M. Campisano ’08 to reflect its imaginary scenes...
...first half. Another Tay jumper put the Crimson down just 26-20, but Cal stormed into the break on an 18-9 run sparked by five Harvard turnovers. The Crimson finished the game with 25 turnovers and just 13 assists.“Turnovers were a problem in the second half,” Hallion said. “They would go on a run and we’d try to stop them, but we couldn’t gain any momentum because we kept turning the ball over.”The Crimson turned ice cold...