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...whom speak English than the entire U.S. population. It has one of the largest computer software industries outside of the U.S. and may be currently be the largest foreign pool of the programmers and computer engineers required by America's "new economy." And as a militarily powerful, nuclear-armed state, India also arguably offers a natural counterweight to the region's key strategic player, China...
...like awkward teenagers at a disco, neither India nor America seems to have the wherewithal to get the other to touch-dance. President Clinton is set to visit India in March, but the tentative nature of this week's talks between Treasury Secretary Larry Summers and Deputy Secretary of State Strobe Talbott and their Indian counterparts underline the fact that relations between these "natural partners" remain bedeviled by history and geopolitics...
...most immediate obstacle to improved ties remains India's testing of nuclear weapons two years ago, and the subsequent U.S. sanctions. "Washington's primary concern in dealing with India right now is avoiding a nuclear flashpoint in South Asia," says TIME State Department correspondent Doug Waller. "Although both India and Pakistan now have explosive nuclear devices, they haven't instituted the vast intelligence and command systems needed for safe deployment of those weapons. With neither side even having the ability for advanced surveillance of the other, there's plenty of opportunities for a disastrous mistake as a result...
...After all, India has more than seven times the population of the breakaway Muslim state created by Britain in 1947. And while it may be impoverished, India's economy is essentially self-sufficient compared with Pakistan's, which remains a basket case. And despite the fragility of its coalition governments of recent years, India is a stable democracy, while Pakistan has been perennially plagued by military coups and religious extremism. "Its socialist attitudes have hamstrung economic development, but India is a forward-looking democracy," says Dowell. "Pakistan remains a more feudal society whose political elites have kept it mired...
...this straight: The majority opinion in the age-bias case said that state hiring practices shouldn't held to the same high standards in age-discrimination cases as they would be in gender- or race-discrimination cases. Now the Court says there are no federal protections against states' gender biases, either. "This is directly in line with the legacy of the Rehnquist Court, which is a return to an emphasis on states' rights," says TIME legal correspondent Alain Sanders. "The problem with that is when balancing the rights of citizens against the rights of states, this court tends to minimize...