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...than Barack Obama, Hillary Rodham Clinton never forgets to summon the argument that she has more experience. But as the Florida State simulations show, experience doesn't always help. In fact, three decades of research into expert performance has shown that experience itself - the raw amount of time you spend pursuing any particular activity, from brain surgery to skiing - can actually hinder your ability to deliver reproducibly superior performance...
...past six years, India's most important form of transport - "the lifeline of the nation" as it is often called - has undergone a remarkable turnaround. In its fiscal year ending March 2007, Indian Railways made more than $5 billion. Services are improving and rail bosses have announced plans to spend billions on new rolling stock, faster lines and new stations. Though it still gets government funding, IR is now India's second most profitable state-owned company. "Earlier we were dragging the economy down," says Sudhir Kumar, whose official title is officer on special duty to the Railway Minister...
...FOOD 49% Increase this year in the cost of basic staples in Africa, according to the World Food Programme (WFP), as food prices worldwide soar 90% WFP estimate for how much of their income the global poor - those earning less than 50 cents a day - already spend on food...
Maybe next year the UC candidates should take a tip from the Mr. Harvard contenders and spend less time reforming the calendar and more time reforming their physiques...
...hard line spend-out may not necessarily be the answer,” Casey said, referring to an across-the-board spending mandate. “It would be our hope that this information that [Grassley] is bringing in will lead to a different conclusion...