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e 21
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H AN
NIVE
RSAR
Y ED
ITIO
N
Edito
rial
Ave
x m
e ve
x! O
ur fu
ture
, if w
e al
low
it to
be,
is in
the
hand
s of
thre
e po
litic
ians
, vyi
ng fo
r ou
r vo
tes
and
wha
t do
they
offe
r in
exc
hang
e? P
ersu
asiv
ese
duct
ion
and
verb
al d
iarr
hoea
!
Eve
ry ti
me
it ne
ars
Prim
e m
inis
teria
l ele
ctio
n, a
llof
a s
udde
n ca
ndid
ates
bec
ome
pers
onal
- t
hey
star
t giv
ing
us th
e ‘p
erso
nal’
touc
h by
kno
ckin
g on
our d
oors
, sen
ding
us
CD
s, p
artic
ipat
ing
in g
ames
we
play
jus
t so
the
y ca
n be
the
‘ch
osen
one
’-su
rely
the
Brit
ish
publ
ic c
an s
ee th
at th
is is
a p
olit-
ical
sed
uctio
n pl
oy!
How
can
you
trus
t can
dida
tes
who
sel
ect p
eopl
ew
ho d
emon
stra
te lo
yalty
and
rem
ove
thos
e w
ho‘d
o no
t co
me
up t
o sc
ratc
h?’.
Are
peo
ple’
s se
lf-es
teem
so
low
that
they
nee
d to
be
valid
ated
by
afri
endl
y sm
ile f
rom
a p
ublic
fig
ure?
A
seco
nd in
the
med
ia -
is
that
wha
t th
e gu
llibl
e ar
e ac
hing
for?
O
r m
aybe
the
y ar
e ho
ping
for
a £
80,0
00w
indf
all
like
the
wom
an b
enef
ited
from
Gor
don
Bro
wn’
s m
ista
ke,
whi
ch n
ot o
nly
did
it co
st h
imvo
tes
beca
use
of h
is h
ypoc
risy,
but
als
o ga
ve th
em
edia
a fi
eld
day
- sor
ry p
eopl
e, li
ghtn
ing
does
n’t
strik
e in
the
sam
e pl
ace
twic
e!
Wha
t rea
lly c
ount
s, is
inte
grity
- do
any
of t
he c
an-
dida
tes
have
any
? W
ith a
tem
ptin
g an
nual
sal
ary
of a
roun
d £1
33,0
00 p
lus
£65,
000
just
for b
eing
aM
embe
r of P
arlia
men
t lur
king
ove
rhea
d, w
e ha
veto
que
stio
n th
eir m
otiv
atio
n. W
heth
er it
is B
row
n,C
legg
or
C
amer
on,
my
inst
inct
s te
ll m
e th
atal
thou
gh I
am n
ot c
onvi
nced
by
any
of th
em,
the
old
and
stea
dfas
t B
row
n m
ay k
eep
the
coun
tryst
able
. I
have
a f
unny
fee
ling
the
othe
r tw
o w
illbr
ing
the
coun
try’s
w
orki
ng
and
mid
dle-
clas
sdo
wn
to it
s kn
ees
in a
cou
ple
of y
ears
, lea
ving
the
elite
to w
ave
the
colo
nial
flag
onc
e ag
ain!
Ther
e is
so
muc
h hy
pe a
bout
the
influ
x of
imm
i-gr
ants
, whi
ch is
why
‘Mis
s R
ochd
ale’
was
cal
led
abi
got b
y G
ordo
n B
row
n, w
ho is
obv
ious
ly a
war
e of
1
the
stat
stic
s. A
ccor
ding
to fa
ctfil
e in
the
Gua
rdia
n,ou
t of a
tota
l pop
ulat
ion
of 5
8mill
ion,
789
thou
sand
and
194
(58,
789,
194)
on
ly 4
mill
ion,
six
hun
dred
and
thirt
y fiv
e th
ousa
nd a
nd tw
o hu
ndre
d an
d ni
ne-
ty s
ix (
4,63
5,29
6) m
ake
up a
ll m
inor
ity e
thin
icgr
oups
, con
stitu
ting
a m
ere
7.9%
of t
he U
K p
opu-
latio
n -
92.1
% a
re w
hite
!
So
whe
n m
akin
g ne
wpo
licie
s an
d/or
legi
slat
ion
that
man
y fe
el w
ill p
inch
the
botto
ms
of u
s bl
ack
folk
s, t
he m
ajor
ity a
rego
ing
to
be
affe
cted
by
im
pend
ing
econ
omic
refo
rms
beca
use
57%
of
the
popu
lato
in c
laim
tobe
wor
king
cla
ss a
nd th
ey a
re a
t.
Nic
k C
legg
is a
ppea
ling
to th
e w
orki
ng c
lass
men
-ta
lity
by d
angl
ing
the
equi
vale
nt o
f a £
700
carr
ott i
nfro
nt o
f tho
se lo
w e
arne
rs w
ho w
ould
ben
efit
from
the
tax
brea
k, b
ut t
hink
of
the
long
-term
impl
ica-
tions
!
Gor
don
Bro
wn
is tr
ying
to s
tabi
lise
the
coun
try v
iast
rate
gic
exer
cise
, bu
t be
caus
e so
man
y of
us
wan
t mon
ey n
ow, m
any
are
likel
y to
be
rope
d in
by
Cle
gg’s
mod
e of
sed
uctio
n.
I am
not
sur
e if
Cam
eron
will
get
a s
hot,
if he
doe
s,w
e ar
e ar
e do
omed
, but
wha
teve
r you
dec
ided
on
elec
tion
day,
thin
k ab
out y
ours
elf a
nd h
ow s
tabl
eyo
u ar
e no
w.
If yo
u ar
e un
stab
le, t
hen
it pr
obab
lyca
n’t g
et a
ny w
orse
, but
if y
ou a
re ju
st a
bout
tryi
ngto
fin
d yo
ur f
eet,
votin
g fo
r th
e w
rong
can
dida
teca
n kn
ock
you
dow
n w
ith th
ose
who
wen
t bef
ore.
The
rece
ssio
n ha
s no
t gi
ven
anyo
ne
time
tore
coup
loss
es, o
r fin
d th
eir
feet
, so
we
will
be
hit
whi
le w
e ar
e do
wn.
I c
anno
t tel
l you
who
to v
ote
for,
but
Labo
ur d
espi
te it
s co
ck u
ps h
ave
alw
ays
been
for
wor
king
cla
ss p
oor,
and
fore
ver
shal
l be,
even
thou
gh w
e ha
ve u
pper
-mid
dle
clas
s ru
nnin
git!
At l
east
the
rem
it of
Lab
our
is to
the
maj
ority
’sad
vant
age,
but
whi
ch e
ver w
ay w
e go
, unl
ess
you
are
in th
e up
per c
lass
, it i
s a
case
of s
ink
or s
wim
.
Prim
e m
inis
ters
rew
ard
thos
e w
ho a
re l
oyal
to
serv
e on
thei
r cab
inet
, so
nepo
tism
exi
sts
- we
just
have
to
hope
tha
t th
ose
who
are
loya
l hav
e ou
rin
tere
sts
at h
eart
- bu
t ho
w c
an t
hey
whe
n th
eyha
ve th
eir o
wn
and
thei
r fam
ilies
??
I gu
ess
it is
a q
uest
ion
of e
very
man
for
him
self
and
God
for u
s al
l!
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r
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ckbr
ight
New
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he T
otal
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lity,
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rmat
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n th
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ivat
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vate
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his
is a
n O
nlin
e P
ublic
atio
n O
nly
2
TH
E O
LDEST C
OU
PLE
Liz
Bow
les/
Sun J
ourn
al
Zelm
yra
an
d H
erb
ert
Fis
her
have s
et
aw
orl
d r
eco
rd a
s th
e o
ldest
liv
ing
co
up
lem
arr
ied
th
e l
on
gest
.
Fra
nci
ne S
aw
yer
Su
n J
ou
rnal
Sta
ff
A
Cra
ven
C
ou
nty
co
up
le
are
in
th
eG
uin
ne
ss
Wo
rld
R
eco
rds
bo
ok
.Th
e t
wo
did
no
thin
g o
utl
an
dis
h s
uch
as
sky-d
ivin
g
up
sid
e
do
wn
, d
an
cin
g
for
days,
takin
g t
he l
on
gest
law
n m
ow
er
rid
e
or
ha
vin
g
the
m
ost
tatt
oo
s.
No
, H
erb
ert
an
d Z
elm
yra
Fis
her
of
the
Bro
wn
svil
le
co
mm
un
ity
ha
ve
b
ee
nm
arr
ied
fo
r m
ore
th
an
84
years
. Th
at
isa f
eat
in i
tself
.
Th
ey
have
the
wo
rld
re
cord
o
f th
elo
ng
est
m
arr
iag
e fo
r a li
vin
g co
up
le.
Th
ey
can
th
an
k
their
g
ran
dd
au
gh
ter
Iris
G
od
ett
e fo
r g
ett
ing
th
e re
cog
ni-
tio
n.
Sh
e s
ub
mit
ted
th
e i
nfo
rmati
on
to
the
G
uin
ne
ss
Bo
ok
o
f R
eco
rds..
Th
e
info
rma
tio
n
wa
s
ap
pa
ren
tly
check
ed
by G
uin
ness
an
d a
cert
ific
ate
wa
s
giv
en
to
th
e
co
up
le.
Ho
wever,
wh
en
yo
u a
sk H
erb
ert
ab
ou
tth
e G
uin
ness
reco
gn
itio
n,
he j
ust
says,
“Oh
, Y
eah
?”
Th
e re
cog
nit
ion
h
as
no
tch
an
ged
th
eir
lif
e.
He s
till
lo
oks
at
her
wit
h l
ove a
nd
co
n-
cern
, as
she l
oo
ks
tow
ard
him
as
if h
ew
ill
giv
e h
er
stre
ng
th an
d g
uid
an
ce.
Th
ey h
ave liv
ed
fo
r m
ore
th
an
50
years
in a h
ou
se n
ear
the C
oast
al
Caro
lin
a
Reg
ion
al
Air
po
rt Th
ey li
ved
in
Ja
mes
Cit
y b
efo
re t
hat
bu
t th
e l
an
d w
as
pu
r-ch
ase
d
for
ap
art
men
ts
an
d
the
two
mo
ved
.
Herb
ert
was
bo
rn J
un
e 1
0,
19
05
. H
ish
eari
ng
is
go
ing
bu
t h
is m
ind
is
sharp
.Z
elm
yra
was
bo
rn D
ec.
10
, 1
90
7.
Sh
eu
ses
a w
alk
er
to g
et
aro
un
d t
he h
ou
sean
d y
ard
. Th
e t
wo
of
them
can
sti
ll g
ive
their
reaso
ns
for
marr
yin
g o
n M
ay 1
3,
19
24
.
“He w
as
no
t m
ean
; h
e w
as
no
t a f
igh
t-er,
” Z
elm
rya s
aid
. “H
e w
as
qu
iet
an
dkin
d.
He w
as
no
t m
uch
to
lo
ok a
t b
ut
he w
as
sweet.
”
Herb
ert
said
Zelm
yra
never
gave h
iman
y t
rou
ble
. “N
o,
no
tro
ub
le a
t all
. W
e
3
never
arg
ued
, b
ut
we m
igh
t h
ave d
is-
ag
reed
,” h
e s
aid
.
No
rma
Go
dett
e,
on
e
of
the
cou
ple
’sfi
ve
child
ren
. sa
id
her
pare
nts
h
ave
go
tten
alo
ng
w
ell
th
rou
gh
th
e years
.“O
ne
tim
e,
mam
a
wan
ted
to
w
ork
.D
ad
dy
told
h
er
she
cou
ld
no
t w
ork
,th
at
he c
ou
ld t
ake c
are
of
the f
am
ily.
Sh
e s
lip
ped
do
wn
to
Ch
err
y P
oin
t an
dg
ot
a
job
a
s
a
ca
reta
ke
r th
ere
,”G
od
ett
e s
aid
.
“Well,
it w
as
do
ne;
she g
ot
the j
ob
. I
ha
d
to
let
it
be
,”
He
rbe
rt
sa
id.
Dif
fere
nt
reli
gio
ns
did
no
t te
ar
the t
wo
ap
art
. H
e
is
a
me
mb
er
of
Pil
gri
mC
hap
el M
issi
on
ary
Bap
tist
Ch
urc
h .
Sh
eis
a m
em
ber
of
Jon
es
Ch
ap
el
Afr
ican
Meth
od
ist
Ep
isco
pal
Zio
n C
hu
rch
. T
he
chu
rch
es
are
in
Jam
es
Cit
y, w
here
th
ey
bo
th g
rew
up
. Fo
r all
of
their
marr
ied
life
th
ey
ha
ve
a
tte
nd
ed
th
eir
o
wn
chu
rch
es.
Th
ey g
o t
heir
ow
n w
ays
on
Su
nd
ay m
orn
ing
. S
he r
ead
s th
e B
ible
daily.
Th
e
two
w
atc
h
tele
vis
ion
to
geth
er.
“We s
ep
ara
te w
hen
th
e b
ase
ball
co
mes
on
,” Z
elm
yra
said
.
Herb
ert
lo
ves
base
ball
, esp
eci
all
y t
he
Atl
an
ta
Bra
ves.
H
e
als
o
en
joys
go
lf,
beca
use
on
e o
f h
is s
on
-in
-law
s p
lays
the g
am
e.
Th
ey h
ave n
o s
ecr
et
or
sag
e a
dvic
e a
sto
w
hy th
eir
m
arr
iag
e h
as
last
ed
so
lon
g.
“I d
idn
’t k
no
w I
wo
uld
be m
arr
ied
th
islo
ng
,” H
erb
ert
said
. “B
ut
I li
ved
a n
ice
ho
ly
life
a
nd
g
o
to
ch
urc
h
eve
ryS
un
day.
“Yes
sir,
an
yth
ing
fo
r h
er.
”
Zelm
yra
sa
id
Herb
ert
w
as
the
on
lyb
oyfr
ien
d s
he e
ver
had
. “W
e g
ot
alo
ng
go
od
,” s
he s
aid
. “T
here
was
no
tro
u-
ble
.”
Sh
e s
aid
sh
e i
s n
ot
tire
d o
f se
ein
g h
im.
“I d
idn
’t t
hin
k I
’d b
e m
arr
ied
th
is lo
ng
.H
e i
s q
uie
t,”
she s
aid
.
Ze
lmyra
sa
id
he
r h
usb
an
d
ha
d
no
an
no
yin
g h
ab
its.
Th
ey b
oth
said
th
ey
share
d t
he t
itle
of
“bo
ss.”
Th
e t
wo
sit
on
th
e p
orc
h a
nd
as
a t
rain
go
es
by t
hey c
ou
nt
the c
ars
. Th
ey a
lso
watc
h
the
neig
hb
ors
w
ho
w
alk
b
y.
“Th
ey
were
exce
llen
t p
are
nts
,”
said
No
rma G
od
ett
e.
“We w
ere
p
oo
r, b
ut
we d
idn
’t d
o w
ith
ou
t a t
hin
g.
If h
e h
ad
two
cen
ts h
e s
aved
on
e c
en
t.”
Herb
ert
wo
rked
as
a m
ech
an
ic a
t th
e C
oca
-Co
laB
ott
lin
g C
om
pan
y i
n N
ew
Bern
fo
r 3
5years
.
He t
oo
k a
bic
ycl
e,
cau
gh
t a c
ab
or
had
a
ne
igh
bo
r d
rive
h
im
to
wo
rk.
Th
at
hard
wo
rk a
nd
savin
gs
pu
t all
fiv
eo
f th
e
ch
ild
ren
th
rou
gh
co
lle
ge
.In
sid
e t
he h
ou
se a
re p
laq
ues,
lett
ers
of
reco
gn
itio
n,
an
d a
ward
s th
at
bo
th t
he
Fis
hers
an
d t
heir
ch
ild
ren
rece
ived
fo
racc
om
pli
shm
en
ts
in
civic
d
uti
es
an
dch
urc
h.
Th
e h
ou
se w
here
th
ey r
ais
ed
th
eir
ch
il-
dre
n h
as
two
sit
tin
g r
oo
ms
an
d t
hre
eb
ed
roo
ms.
No
w t
hat
the c
hil
dre
n a
reg
row
n,
the F
ish
ers
en
joy h
avin
g a
bed
-ro
om
fo
r each
. H
erb
ert
Fis
her
can
sta
yu
p u
nti
l th
e l
ast
ball
is
thro
wn
in
th
eb
all
gam
e h
e i
s w
atc
hin
g.
An
d h
e d
oes.
Herb
ert
makes
his
bed
each
day a
nd
sweep
s h
is f
loo
r.
He a
lso
ch
eck
s o
n h
is w
ife a
s sh
e r
est
s.B
etw
een
th
e
rest
s,
they
en
joy
their
ch
ild
ren
, te
n
gra
nd
ch
ild
ren
, n
ine
gre
at-
gra
nd
chil
dre
n
an
d
nie
ces
an
dn
ep
hew
s.
Bo
th s
ay t
hat
if t
hey h
ad
it
to d
o o
ver,
they w
ou
ld n
ot
chan
ge t
heir
lif
e.
4
5
DID
YO
U K
NO
W..
.
...B
eyo
nce
beco
mes
Sash
a F
ierc
e?
Alo
ng w
ith h
er n
ew a
lbum
, Bey
once
has
pre
sente
dher
fan
s to
a n
ew a
lter
-ego n
amed
Sas
ha
Fier
ce.
The
singer
affirm
s th
at t
his
new
per
sona
is t
he
fun,
more
sex
ual
and m
ore
aggre
ssiv
e si
de
of
her
. This
is
how
ever
the
“gen
eral
public
” ve
rsio
n o
f th
e st
ory
.The
esote
ric
mea
nin
g r
evea
led b
y th
esy
mbols
sur-
roundin
g t
his
new
per
sona
is m
uch
dee
per
:Sas
ha
Fier
ce is
a sy
mbolic
rep
rese
nta
tion o
f an
art
ist
take
nov
er b
y ev
il to
obta
in s
ucc
ess.
“I h
ave
som
eone
else
that
tak
es o
ver
when
it’s
tim
efo
r m
e to
work
and w
hen
I’m
on s
tage,
this
alter
ego
that
I’v
e cr
eate
d t
hat
kin
d o
f pro
tect
s m
e an
d w
ho I
real
ly a
m”.
-Bey
once
The
them
e
of
the
alb
um
“I
am
.Sash
a
Fierc
e”
revo
lves
ar
ound
the
dual
ity
bet
wee
n
the
godly
Bey
once
an
d th
e ev
il Sas
ha
Fier
ce.
This
sp
iritual
dual
ity
is f
ought
in t
he
songs,
the
pic
ture
s an
d t
he
video
s. N
otice
on th
e ab
ove
imag
es th
e Christ
ian
cross
of
the
good a
nd p
ure
Bey
once
vers
us
Sas
ha
Fier
ce w
ho is
mim
icki
ng d
evil
horn
s w
ith h
er h
ands.
Songs
like
“Ave
Mar
ia”
and “
Hal
o”
on h
er a
lbum
con-
tain
obvi
ous
spiritual
connota
tions
and c
an b
e in
ter-
pre
ted a
s ei
ther
rel
igio
us
songs
or
odes
to h
er s
atan
-ic
poss
esso
r. T
he
per
sona
of
Sas
ha
Fier
ce -
who i
spre
sente
d a
s a
separ
ate
entity
- al
way
s w
ears
hea
vym
akeu
p o
n h
er e
yes,
if
not
sungla
sses
whic
h r
epre
-se
nt
her
dec
eptive
nat
ure
.
To u
se h
er p
hys
ical
lik
enes
s to
pro
pag
ate
evil
mes
-sa
ges
to t
he
“work
ing c
lass
”?
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elie
ve m
e?
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k on lin
k or
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ha
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Rel
atio
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rum
for
Men
& W
omen
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PROB
LEM
SHAR
ED, IS
APR
OBLE
M HA
LVED
Talk
in’B
lues
is a
rela
tions
hip
foru
m w
here
adu
lts ta
lkfr
eely
abo
ut i
ssue
s af
fect
ing
them
in
rela
tions
hips
.Th
e la
unch
was
suc
cess
ful a
nd w
ell-a
ttend
ed
Loy
and
Stap
leto
n ag
reed
that
unm
et n
eeds
are
cau
s-in
g br
eak-
up a
nd fr
ustra
tion
– m
any
do n
ot k
now
wha
tis
exp
ecte
d of
them
with
in a
rela
tions
hip,
whi
le o
ther
sfe
el u
nabl
e to
tal
k fr
eely
and
ope
nly
with
par
tner
s,ab
out c
erta
in th
ings
that
bot
her t
hem
.
Talk
in’
Blu
esw
ill b
e a
foru
m w
here
Loy
and
Stap
leto
n w
ill p
rese
nt d
iffer
ent r
elat
ions
hip
topi
cs a
ndpa
rtici
pant
s ca
n as
k qu
estio
ns, r
aise
con
cern
s or
just
liste
n. T
he fo
rum
will
be
open
to a
nyon
e ov
er 1
8, w
how
ants
to
feel
saf
e to
dis
cuss
cha
lleng
es i
n a
plac
ew
here
ther
e ar
e ot
hers
exp
erie
ncin
g si
mila
r situ
atio
ns.
The
foru
m w
ill t
ake
plac
e at
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Hou
se,
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sh R
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on L
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With
the d
efea
t of R
ussia
by t
he Ja
pane
se an
d th
e diso
r-de
r of t
he R
ussia
n re
volu
tion
in 1
905,
their
fore
ign
poli-
cy s
uffe
red
quite
imm
ense
ly on
the
world
sta
ge.
The
shift
of e
mph
asis
to th
e Far
Eas
t cau
se th
e the
n go
vern
-m
ent h
uge
emba
rrasm
ent.
The
fund
amen
tal c
ause
of
the R
usso
-Jap
anes
e War
, 190
4 – 19
05 w
ere i
n re
latio
n of
Russ
ia’s
acce
ss to
the
Pacif
ic an
d its
pre
dom
inan
ce in
East
ern
Asia,
mor
eso
with
Chi
na an
d Ko
rea.
Howe
ver,
reta
liatio
n by
Rus
sia a
fter r
ealiz
ing
that
Jap
anwe
re b
acke
d by
Gre
at B
ritain
and
the
Unite
d St
ates
pre
-vio
usly
were
put o
n hol
d for
a wh
ile. T
his w
as du
e lar
ge-
ly to
a m
ore
form
idab
le fo
e in
the
form
of G
erm
any
who
at th
e tim
e wer
e pre
ssur
ing
Fran
ce fo
r Mor
occo
. Rus
siane
eded
a bi
t of p
eace
to re
asse
ss its
elf gl
oball
y. In
1906
,Al
exan
der I
zvol
sky,
then
fore
ign
min
ister
sta
rted
over
-tu
re to
the
big
play
ers
on w
orld
dom
inan
ce.
The
first
mov
e was
to h
eal b
ad b
lood
bet
ween
them
and
Japa
n so
as to
cem
ent a
Fra
nco-
Russ
ian a
llianc
e wh
ich la
y as
ide
all d
isput
es w
ith G
reat
Brit
ain, a
nd in
the
sam
e br
eath
deve
lope
d an
agr
eem
ent
with
Aus
tria-
Hung
ary
and
Germ
any.
This
terri
toria
l con
spira
cy w
as th
e wo
rk o
f the
Uni
ted
Stat
es w
ho w
as e
mer
ging
then
as
a gl
obal
forc
e. T
his
hatc
het n
egot
iatio
ns w
ith G
reat
Brit
ain, w
hose
coop
era-
tion
with
Japa
n in
1902
– 19
05 w
as al
ways
upp
erm
ost i
nth
e dev
iant m
inds
of t
he R
ussia
ns. S
uch
a tac
tical
mov
ewo
uld
give
the
Russ
ians
cons
ider
able
time
to r
esto
repr
estig
e and
get
its w
ar m
achi
ne g
ungh
o fo
r fut
ure c
on-
front
atio
ns w
ith it
s en
emies
. A
conv
entio
n wi
th J
apan
on J
uly
30, 1
907
finali
sed
all p
revo
us d
isput
es fr
om th
ePo
rtmou
th’s
peac
e acc
ord o
f 190
5. Th
is se
t the
stag
e for
an a
llianc
e in
the
year
s 19
10 –
191
6 fo
r the
ann
exin
g of
Kore
a by
Jap
an in
191
0 an
d co
mpl
ete
occu
patio
n of
sout
hern
Man
chur
ia.
Japa
n als
o go
t eas
tern
inne
r Mon
golia
with
an
eye
onCh
ina.
Rus
sia w
as g
iven
north
ern
Manc
huria
and
the
balan
ce o
f inn
er M
ongo
lia an
d all
its o
uter
terri
torie
s. In
6
Writt
en b
y Khu
mbala
ni
7
the
Angl
o-Ru
ssian
agr
eem
ent
of 1
907,
Tibe
t wa
s pu
tun
der C
hina
’s so
vere
ignt
y. A
fgha
nist
an w
as q
uasi-
inde
-pe
nden
t un
der
the
watc
hful
eye
of
Grea
t Br
itain
.Pe
rsia(
Iran)
was
divi
ded
into
thre
e zo
nes.
Rus
sia h
adth
e nor
th zo
ne, B
ritain
the s
outh
zone
, and
a m
iddl
e neu
-tra
l zon
e. T
he Tu
rkish
Stra
its w
ere
unde
r con
sider
atio
nby
Brit
ain in
col
lusio
n wi
th t
he m
ajor
stak
e ho
lder
s.Br
itain
mad
e its
elf th
e pro
tect
orat
e of t
he P
ersia
n Gu
lf.
Fast
forw
ard
to p
rese
nt d
ay, t
his
sam
e Pe
rsian
Gul
f is
the
defin
ing
prize
pur
sued
with
rut
hles
snes
s by
the
Unite
d St
ates
. Su
cces
sive
Unite
d St
ates
gov
ernm
ent
polic
y tow
ards
the G
ulf w
ere a
lway
s of s
elf in
tere
st. T
heRe
publ
icans
, how
ever
alw
ays
show
a m
ore
conc
entra
t-ed
tena
city
in it
s po
licies
towa
rds
the
regi
on w
hene
ver
in p
ower
. Ba
ck to
bac
k wa
r by
both
Bus
h go
vern
men
tsis
self e
xplan
ator
y. Th
e you
nger
Bus
h see
ms t
o thi
nk he
has
divin
e rig
hts
to c
lean
up th
e en
tire
regi
on o
f non
Chris
tians
sim
ilar t
o m
ediev
al 15
thce
ntur
y cr
usad
ers.
Bush
the
dem
enti
and
Blair
the
toot
hles
s bu
lldog
are
certa
inly
afte
r the
oil
of th
ese
coun
tries
, main
ly Ira
q th
ere
nega
de a
rab
stat
e. T
he in
vasio
n of
Iraq
was
long
decid
ed b
y th
e Ne
o-Co
n ha
wks
and
the
prod
ding
of
mul
tinat
iona
ls to
rap
ed Ir
aq o
f its
wea
lth a
nd d
igni
ty.Sa
ddam
Hus
sain
was
the
stu
pid
fall
guy
all a
long
back
ed b
y Isr
aeli d
elibe
rate
disi
nfor
mat
ion.
Saud
i Ara
bia
is ea
sily
the
mos
t im
porta
nt s
ingl
e oi
lec
onom
y in
the G
ulf a
nd th
e US
tent
acles
are e
viden
t by
its m
ilitar
y ba
ses
and
mul
tinat
iona
l inv
estm
ents
ther
e.
The
maj
or
com
pani
es
are
the
Arab
ian
Oil
Com
pany
(Arm
aco)
own
ed b
y a
synd
icate
of A
mer
ican
firm
s na
mely
Sta
ndar
d Oi
l(Roc
kefe
ller),
Exx
on, M
obil,
and
Texa
co w
hich
sta
rted
thro
ugh
conc
essio
ns in
193
3cir
ca.
The
othe
r oi
l pro
ducin
g Ar
ab c
ount
ries
in th
ere
gion
mak
e up
the
rest
of t
he w
orld
sup
ply
along
with
Vene
zuela
kno
wn a
s OP
EC.
Sad
dam
has
alw
ays
main
-ta
ined
that
the
US w
ere
the
ones
dict
atin
g pr
ices
with
frien
dly
Arab
oil
prod
ucin
g co
untri
es b
y de
pres
sing
price
s. T
his
was
a m
ajor
fact
or f
or t
he in
vasio
n of
Kuwa
it by
Sad
dam
am
ongs
t oth
er d
isput
es in
the
sum
-m
er o
f 199
0. In
a 1
4 –
0 vo
ting
the
UN S
ecur
ity C
ounc
ilco
ndem
ned
the i
nvas
ion
which
culm
inat
ed w
ith th
e firs
tGu
lf wa
r und
er B
ush
seni
or.
The t
hen
Arab
Lea
gue w
asve
ry d
ivide
d ov
er w
hat p
lan o
f act
ion
shou
ld b
e ta
ken
again
st S
adda
m th
en.
Saud
i Ara
bia
and
Egyp
t gav
e fu
ll co
oper
atio
n wi
th th
eall
ied fo
rces
, Tur
key c
ut o
ff th
e oil f
low
betw
een
Iraq
and
the
Red
Sea.
In fa
ct, B
ush,
the
elder
forg
ive E
gypt
’sUS
$7 b
illion
milit
ary
debt
for i
ts ro
le in
the
war.
The
Sovie
t Uni
on’s
Gorb
ache
v an
d Pr
esid
ent B
ush
were
inm
utua
l agr
eem
ent
as t
o wh
at a
ctio
n sh
ould
be
take
again
st Ir
aq.
This
lead
to th
e eld
er B
ush
decla
ring
that
no ro
uge o
il pro
ducin
g co
untry
mus
t be a
llowe
d to
use
dits
reso
urce
s to
thre
aten
the W
est.
This
mar
k the
beg
inni
ng an
d en
d of
Sad
dam
Hus
sain
.
The
sam
e Di
ck C
hene
y, US
Vice
Pre
siden
t und
er B
ush,
the
youn
ger
now,
whi
le se
rvin
g as
Def
ense
Sec
reta
ryun
der B
ush,
the
elder
rem
oved
Gen
eral
Mich
ael D
ugan
as A
ir Fo
rce c
hief
of st
aff a
fter w
ar de
tails
wer
e lea
ked t
oth
e pr
ess
givin
g de
tails
abo
ut O
pera
tion
Dese
rt St
orm
.In
fact
, con
tinge
ncy p
lans w
ere d
efin
itely
in p
lace f
or th
eas
sass
inat
ion
of S
adda
m.
Ladi
es a
nd G
entle
men
it is
déjà
vu a
ll ov
er a
gain
, CNN
, et a
l will
certa
inly
be k
eep-
ing
us a
ll tra
nsfix
ed to
our
telev
ision
set
for t
he la
test
salvo
and
qua
gmire
for y
ears
to c
ome
of m
oder
n co
lo-
niza
tion.
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mbu
lani
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a D
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ance
Law
Pa
rt 2
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ne D
ance
Won
’t do
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I end
ed u
p da
ncing
mos
t of t
he n
ight w
ith D
enton
, inh
aling
his co
logne
and
trem
bling
in h
is ar
ms.
It se
emed
only
natu
-ra
l to
exch
ange
pho
ne n
umbe
rs an
d ar
rang
e to
meet
again
– tha
t is w
hat u
suall
y hap
pene
d, if
you c
licke
d with
some
one
on a
dan
ce-flo
or, p
rovid
ed th
e gu
y wa
sn’t
some
one
lookin
gfor
a q
uick f
ling,
there
was
eve
ry lik
eliho
od th
at thi
ngs m
ight
work
out.
It wou
ld ha
ve be
en th
e nor
mal th
ing to
do to
simp
ly as
k if h
ewa
s see
ing so
meon
e, bu
t then
I was
think
ing, w
ould
he th
inkI a
m co
ming
on to
o hea
vy –
mayb
e I sh
ould
wait u
ntil h
e ask
sme
out o
n a da
te. S
o I to
ok hi
s num
ber w
onde
ring i
f his
mis-
sus w
as st
uck a
t hom
e with
the k
ids w
hile h
e was
out r
aving
.
In the
80s
, the
hom
e nu
mber
was
usu
ally a
n ind
icator
that
ama
n did
not
live
with
a wo
man
(or a
wom
an liv
e wi
th a
man)
but w
ith th
e ad
vent
of mo
bile
phon
es, t
he e
xcus
es th
at the
batte
ry is
dead
or o
ut of
rang
e; an
d the
abil
ity to
dive
rt ca
llsto
voice
mail,
there
is n
o wa
y of
know
ing w
hat a
per
son
isdo
ing at
any g
iven m
omen
t. A
man c
an ev
en be
mak
ing lo
veto
a wom
an, a
nd th
en w
hen t
he w
oman
falls
aslee
p, or
goes
to the
bathr
oom,
he w
ill re
turn t
he ca
ll and
say h
e is s
orry
hemi
ssed
the c
all, b
ut his
batte
ry is
low an
d he’l
l call
back
whe
nhe
’s ch
arge
d the
pho
ne [o
r lef
t the
/his
woma
n!].
Craz
y,de
spite
tho
se th
ough
ts in
mind
, I d
ecide
d tha
t I w
ould
trust
my in
stinc
ts an
d ex
chan
ge m
obile
num
bers.
Once
the
numb
ers w
ere
exch
ange
d, De
nton
seem
ed so
me-
what
aloof,
as
thoug
h the
con
ques
t was
ove
r, or
was
it m
yim
agina
tion?
He
went
back
to h
is br
edre
n an
d did
n’t d
ance
with
me a
gain,
but
there
aga
in the
club
was
gett
ing re
ady t
oclo
se, s
o I t
ook
it for
wha
t it w
as, r
ound
ed u
p the
girls
and
went
towar
ds th
e ex
it of
the c
lub, s
quee
zing
his n
umbe
r in
my h
and
so I
would
n’t lo
se it
, jus
t in
case
he
didn’t
call
me
and
I had
to ca
ll him
.
It wa
s str
ange
gett
ing h
is nu
mber,
bec
ause
now
I ha
d it,
itdid
n’t n
eces
sarily
mea
n an
ything
unti
l I h
ad m
ade
conta
ctag
ain, s
o the
nex
t 24
hour
s we
re c
rucia
l. I
didn’t
wan
t the
girls
to kn
ow I
had h
is nu
mber
so I
went
into t
he la
dies r
oom
befor
e lea
ving
the c
lub a
nd e
ntere
d his
num
ber
into
myph
one,
dialle
d it to
mak
e sur
e he p
icked
up, a
nd w
hen h
e did,
I smi
led.
“Its S
usan
.. jus
t che
cking
I wro
te do
wn yo
ur nu
mber
corre
ct-ly”
I wh
isper
ed
“Yes
, bab
y… a
me
dis”,
he re
spon
ded
husk
ily.
I smi
led.
All
of a
sudd
en h
is vo
ice s
ound
ed
more
attr
activ
e, se
xy a
ndwa
rm. I
save
d the
numb
er on
my s
im ca
rd, p
ut the
mob
ile in
my b
ag, f
lushe
d the
toile
t, wa
shed
my h
ands
and
came
out
fixing
my c
lothe
s as t
houg
h I h
ad ju
st re
lieve
d my
self.
“So
did y
ou g
et his
digi
ts the
n” s
neer
ed M
arcie
, wh
o wa
sch
ewing
gum
.
“No,
I didn
’t”, I
lied.
“Wha
t.. yo
u da
nced
wiv
him a
ll de
m da
nces
and
he
don’t
give
you
his n
umbe
r.. tha
t ‘s
dre
ad m
an!
He m
us ‘a
ve a
woma
n –
you
can’t
trus
s dem
man
deh
you
know
?”
“I do
n’t kn
ow a
nd I
don’t
care
” I s
aid, f
eelin
g sli
ghtly
irrita
t-ed
.
“So
did yo
uma
ke a
conn
ectio
n wi
th tha
t guy
you
were
talk-
ing to
?” I
aske
d Ma
rcie
turnin
g the
focu
s off m
yself
.
“Naa
h!” h
e’s g
ot a
woma
n inn
it?.”
“So
why d
id yo
u sp
end
so m
uch
time
with
him?”
“Cos
I lik
e him
innit
?.. h
e sa
id he
likes
me,
so I
migh
t go
out
wiv h
im. I
invit
ed hi
m to
my ya
rd on
Sun
day,
I’m go
nna c
ook
him a
Sun
day d
inner
”
“You
are
?” I
ask
ed su
rpris
ed.
“Yeh
… d
idn’t y
ou se
e him
.. him
look
criss
s man
.. did
n’t yo
use
e his
gold
and
he
drive
s a
Benz
yuh
kno
w?” s
he s
miled
,flic
king h
er br
aids a
nd to
ssing
her h
ead w
ith pr
ide, a
s tho
ugh
9
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)
the B
enz b
elong
ed to
her
“Yeh
, a B
enz,
but w
hat y
ear i
s it?”
moc
ked
Cecil
e, my
othe
rfrie
nd.
Marci
e kiss
ed he
r tee
th..
“You
tink m
e bus
iness
wha
t yea
r itis.
. a B
enz
is a
Benz
- n
ot an
y an
d an
ybod
y ca
n aff
ord
aBe
nz yu
h kn
ow!”.
She
was
now
digg
ing in
her
bag
sear
ch-
ing fo
r som
ething
.. go
t fru
strate
d, clo
sed
the b
ack
and
put
the st
rap
over
her
shou
lder,
the b
ag tig
htly u
nder
her
arm
pitan
d stru
tted t
owar
ds th
e doo
r in hi
gh-h
eeled
shoe
s tha
t wob
-ble
d to
each
side
and
mad
e he
r leg
s loo
k bow
.
This
is wh
at irr
itated
me a
bout
Marci
e. I h
ad kn
own h
er fr
omsc
hool
- she
was
so m
ateria
listic
. He
r foc
us w
as o
n wh
at a
man
was w
earin
g an
d wh
at ca
r he
was d
riving
, and
this
guy
she h
ad m
et wa
s no d
iffere
nt. W
hy th
e hell
she w
ould
invite
him o
ver f
or S
unda
y din
ner w
hen
he’s
got h
is wo
man,
was
beyo
nd m
e?!
I felt
quit
e sm
ug th
at I h
ad g
ot De
nton’s
num
ber a
nd I
was
keep
ing it
a sec
ret.
My he
art w
as pu
mping
like a
14 ye
ar ol
dse
eing a
cute
boy i
n clas
s tha
t she
fanc
ies. I
could
n’t w
ait to
go h
ome
to loo
k at h
is nu
mber
aga
in, to
see
how
many
dig-
its in
his
mobil
e nu
mber
matc
hed
the d
igits
in mi
ne to
see
ifwe
wer
e a
match
and
mea
nt for
eac
h oth
er.
I did
stupid
thing
s like
that!
As I
drov
e us
hom
e, I w
as q
uiet,
and
my tw
o frie
nds
were
giggli
ng in
the
back
of t
he c
ar, ta
lking
abo
ut the
ir ev
ening
’sex
ploits
– w
ho h
ad th
e be
st loo
king
man;
who’s
‘man
’was
bette
r dre
ssed
, who
had
a b
etter
per
sona
lity.
“You
r one
nev
er g
ot yo
u a
drink
doh
?” ta
unted
Mar
cie.
“No,
but n
eithe
r did
your
s!” la
ughe
d Ce
cile.
“So
what!
I b
ough
t mine
3 d
ouble
bra
ndy a
nd b
ailey
s – a
ndhe
says
he
is go
ing to
see
me a
gain!
”
Cecil
e lau
ghed
aga
in..
I’m n
ot su
rpris
ed, h
e pr
obab
ly thi
nks
you
have
got
mone
y!
Marci
e kis
sed
her t
eeth.
Why
do yo
u do t
hat?
I ain’
t buy
ing no
man
a dr
ink w
ho do
n’tbu
y me
one,
conti
nued
Cec
ile.
“Cha
girlf
rien’
it’s a
n inv
estm
ent m
an..
don’t
you
know
dat?
”re
spon
ded
Marci
e.
“Kno
w wh
at?” a
sked
Cec
ile, c
onfus
ed.
“Dat
when
you b
uy a
man a
few
expe
nsive
drink
s tha
t he w
illwa
nt to
see
you
again
”, co
nfirm
ed M
arcie
pro
udly.
“Yes
, but
what
is he
com
ing to
see
you
for?
Pr
obab
ly fe
nyam
you
out!”
jeer
ed C
ecile
.
The
conv
ersa
tion
was
gettin
g lou
d an
d I k
new
that C
ecile
and
Marci
e wo
uld b
e at
each
othe
rs thr
oats
befor
e the
y got
home
. It w
as gl
ad th
at the
y wer
e not
invitin
g me t
o join
in to
their
conv
ersa
tion.
I wa
s too
bus
y foc
using
on
my d
riving
and
fantac
ising
abo
ut se
eing
Dento
n ag
ain, a
nd w
onde
ring
what
he w
ould
be lik
e. W
hat w
ould
he lo
ok lik
e in
the lig
ht..
after
all i
n the
dar
k club
, you
can’t
reall
y see
peo
ple p
rope
r-ly,
and
was
pro
bably
think
ing th
e sa
me.
I hea
rd g
uys
joke
abou
t che
cking
a w
oman
in a
dan
ce a
nd w
hen
they
reac
hou
tside
dem
haff
ee tu
n ba
ck a
nd m
ek h
’an e
xcus
e!
As I
drov
e, I c
heck
ed th
e re
ar vi
ew m
irror
to m
ake
sure
that
my tw
o gir
ls we
re n
ot pa
ying
me a
ny m
ine a
nd ch
ecke
d the
pock
et of
my ja
cket
to ma
ke su
re th
e ca
rd D
enton
had
writ-
ten h
is na
me o
n wa
s still
ther
e.. I
need
ed a
bac
k up,
just in
case
.
Hey
girlfri
end
shou
ted M
arcie
as
if sh
e sa
w wh
at I w
asdo
ing...
“Wha
t are
you
up to
? Y
ou a
re n
ot no
rmall
y this
quie
t.?”
“The
girl’
s in
love
chirp
ed C
ecile
..”
The
two
them
starte
d sin
ging
in dis
harm
ony
“This
girl’
s in
love”
..
“Don
’t be
silly”
I sa
id cri
sply.
. it w
as o
nly a
dan
ce”.
“H’on
ly a
danc
e?
H’on
ly a
danc
e, na
h?” c
hante
d Ma
rcie,
mimi
cking
a st
rong
Jama
ican
acce
nt, d
e tw
o of
you
hook
up
so tig
ht no
t eve
n a
threa
d co
uld g
o thr
ough
yuh!
“You
know
wha
t one
dan
ce ca
n do
!” lau
ghed
Cec
ile.
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Pete
r Blai
r Hen
ry–
“Bus
iness
is o
ne o
f the
mos
t pow
erful
institu
tions
on
earth
”
One t
hing P
eter B
lair H
enry,
Ster
n Sch
ool o
f Bus
iness
’s ne
wde
an, a
dmits
he’l
l hav
e tro
uble
in ad
aptin
g to
in his
mov
efro
m Ca
liforn
ia to
Manh
attan
, is th
e we
ather.
But
then
, as
the
Jam
aican
-bor
n ac
adem
ic pu
ts it:
“Eve
rywhe
re ou
tside
of th
e 18th
para
llel is
cold
to me
.” Ye
t ifPr
of He
nry’s
roots
as an
“immi
gran
t kid
from
Jama
ica” c
ause
him to
feel
the co
ld, th
ey ha
ve al
so sh
aped
his o
utloo
k – on
etha
t is re
solut
ely in
terna
tiona
l.
“Bec
ause
I com
e fro
m a p
lace l
ike Ja
maica
, whic
h is a
small
,op
en e
cono
my, I
visc
erall
y get
the im
porta
nce
of the
glob
alec
onom
y,” s
ays
Prof
Henr
y, wh
o too
k up
his
post
at Ne
wYo
rk Un
iversi
ty’s S
tern
in Ja
nuar
y.
“My
rese
arch
in th
e pa
st do
zen
year
s ha
s be
en a
bout
poli-
cies f
or em
ergin
g eco
nomi
es –
and e
merg
ing ec
onom
ies ar
eno
w in
fact b
ecom
ing m
ore
and
more
the
world
eco
nomy
.”
Acad
emic
prof
ileBo
rn in
Jama
ica, P
eter B
lair H
enry
beca
me a
US
citize
n in
1986
. He
was a
Rho
des S
chola
r at O
xford
, gain
ing a
BA
inma
thema
tics i
n 19
93. H
e ho
lds a
BA
in ec
onom
ics fr
om th
eUn
ivers
ity
of
North
Ca
rolin
a at
Ch
apel
Hill.
He r
eceiv
ed a
PhD
in
econ
omics
fro
m Ma
ssac
huse
tts.
Durin
g his
time
in gr
adua
te sc
hool
he w
orke
d as
an
advis
orto
the go
vern
ors o
f two c
entra
l ban
ks –
the B
ank o
f Jam
aica
and
the
Easte
rn C
aribb
ean
Cent
ral
Bank
, wh
ere
hisre
sear
ch c
ontrib
uted
to the
esta
blish
ment
of the
first
stoc
km
arke
t in
the
Easte
rn
Carib
bean
Cu
rrenc
y Un
ion.
Befor
e joi
ning
Ster
n, Pr
of He
nry s
pent
12 ye
ars t
each
ing in
vario
us p
ositio
ns a
t Stan
ford
Grad
uate
Scho
ol of
Busin
ess,
his m
ost r
ecen
t pos
ition b
eing p
rofes
sor o
f inter
natio
nal e
co-
nomi
cs.
He is
a m
embe
r of t
he C
ounc
il on
Fore
ign re
lation
s, a
non-
resid
ent s
enior
fello
w of
the B
rook
ings
Institu
tion,
a se
nior
fellow
of th
e Stan
ford I
nstitu
te for
Eco
nomi
c Poli
cy R
esea
rchan
d a
rese
arch
ass
ociat
e of
the
Nat
ional
Bure
au o
fEc
onom
ic Re
sear
ch.
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. Do
you
have
all y
our c
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In 20
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rticipa
ted in
the
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nhag
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nsus
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eting
of le
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cono
mists
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nging
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REGG
AE, S
OUL
&
CLAS
SIC
REVI
VES
Prof
Henr
y’s m
ost
rece
nt po
sition
at
Stan
ford
Grad
uate
Scho
ol of
Busin
ess–
as p
rofes
sor o
f inter
natio
nal e
cono
m-ics
and
ass
ociat
e dir
ector
of t
he C
entre
for G
lobal
Busin
ess
and
the E
cono
my –
refle
cts th
e int
erna
tiona
l foc
us o
f his
work
and
inter
ests.
More
over,
he ha
s had
occa
sion t
o dep
loy hi
s kno
wled
ge an
dex
perie
nce
in se
vera
l gov
ernm
ental
adv
isory
roles
. He
has
been
an
econ
omic
advis
or to
Car
ibbea
n an
d Afric
an ce
ntral
bank
gov
erno
rs an
d mo
re re
centl
y, se
rved
on th
e Ob
ama
trans
ition
team,
revie
wing
inter
natio
nal l
endin
g ins
titutio
nssu
ch a
s the
Wor
ld Ba
nk a
nd In
terna
tiona
l Mon
etary
Fund
. Hi
s arri
val a
t Ster
n co
mes i
n the
wak
e of
the w
ork d
one
byhis
pre
dece
ssor,
Tho
mas
Coole
y, in
build
ing u
p St
ern’s
capa
bilitie
s as
a re
sear
ch-o
riente
d ins
titutio
n. It
also
coin-
cides
with
a br
oade
ning o
f the s
choo
l’s tr
aditio
nal p
rowe
ss in
finan
ce to
enc
ompa
ss d
evelo
pmen
ts in
the b
road
er e
cono
-my
.
“He’l
l brin
g a
new
focus
that’
s mo
re g
lobal
to the
sch
ool,”
says
Pro
f Coo
ley, a
profe
ssor
of m
acro
econ
omics
and i
nter-
natio
nal e
cono
my. “
He b
rings
some
thing
that’
s a lit
tle d
iffer-
ent.”
This
includ
es sp
ortin
g pr
owes
s. W
hile
a Rh
odes
Sch
olar a
tOx
ford
in the
199
0s, P
rof H
enry
was a
ward
ed a
Full
Blue
inba
sketb
all a
nd a
t the
Univ
ersit
y of
North
Car
olina
Cha
pel
Hill,
he w
as a
finali
st in
the 19
91 ba
sketb
all sl
am-d
unk c
om-
petiti
on.
But if
the n
ew de
an ca
n plea
se cr
owds
with
his a
thleti
c bas
-ke
tball s
hots,
he se
ems e
quall
y like
ly to
prov
e a w
inner
with
MBA
stude
nts, w
ho th
ese
days
are
clam
ourin
g for
mor
eco
urse
con
tent o
n the
role
of bu
sines
s in
redu
cing
world
pove
rty an
d the
way
s in w
hich g
lobali
zatio
n can
bene
fit po
orco
untrie
s – re
sear
ch su
bjects
on
which
Pro
f Hen
ry ha
s lon
gbe
en e
ngag
ed.
“Bus
iness
is o
ne o
f the
mos
t pow
erful
insti
tution
s on
ear
thfor
crea
ting w
ealth
and o
ppor
tunity
and h
elping
to lif
t peo
pleou
t of p
over
ty,” h
e sa
ys. “
Whe
n yo
u thi
nk a
bout
it tha
t way
,the
n bu
sines
s is
not s
epar
ate fr
om d
evelo
pmen
t poli
cy.”
It is
an a
ppro
ach
whos
e re
levan
ce h
as b
een
heigh
tened
by
the g
lobal
finan
cial c
risis,
whic
h ex
pose
d the
incre
asing
inter
depe
nden
ce o
f the
wor
ld’s
econ
omies
. “W
e’re
at an
incre
dibly
inter
estin
g tim
e in
globa
l bus
iness
,” sa
ys P
rof
Henr
y. “C
apita
lism
has
come
und
er q
uesti
on a
nd c
ountr
iesar
e qu
estio
ning
the b
est w
ay to
mov
e for
ward
.”
Mana
geme
nt ed
ucati
on in
stitut
ions,
he a
rgue
s, ca
n pla
y a
critic
al ro
le in
answ
ering
such
ques
tions
by fo
sterin
g disc
us-
sions
betw
een
corp
orati
ons,
deve
lopme
nt ins
titutio
ns a
ndpo
licym
aker
s. “B
usine
ss sc
hools
nee
d to
be a
t the
fore
front
of thi
s,” h
e sa
ys.
He a
lso b
eliev
es s
choo
ls sh
ould
refle
ct the
incre
asing
lyblu
rred l
ines b
etwee
n tho
se w
ho w
ork i
n the
corp
orate
wor
ld
13
Jam
aica
ns a
pply
ing
for
a V
isa
How
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I sub
mit
my
appl
icat
ion?
Wor
ldbr
idge
man
ages
Vis
a A
pplic
atio
n C
entre
s in
Kin
gsto
n,w
here
you
sho
uld
subm
it yo
ur a
pplic
atio
n an
d yo
ur b
iom
etric
finge
rsca
ns.
Who
dec
ides
whe
ther
I w
ill g
et a
vis
a?
Your
vis
a ap
plic
atio
n w
ill b
e pr
oces
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ded
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art i
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ey in
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ce th
e ou
tcom
e of
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rvi
sa a
pplic
atio
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ber o
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ploy
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orld
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ence
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ice
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imen
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ms
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essi
onal
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e w
elco
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ch h
elps
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re w
e ne
ed to
impr
ove.
If yo
u ha
ve a
nyco
mm
ents
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re c
once
rned
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ut th
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anda
rd o
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vice
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ived
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ase
let u
s kn
ow. W
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igat
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aint
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lly a
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ill s
end
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ply
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orki
ng d
ays.
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ish
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omm
ent a
bout
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omm
issi
on, p
leas
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rite
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e E
ntry
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aran
ce M
anag
er a
t the
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hC
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issi
on, 2
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afal
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oad,
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gsto
n 10
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ail t
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omm
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ance
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ager
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ase
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licat
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uirie
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it.go
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and t
hose
who
are i
n gov
ernm
ent o
r par
t of th
e glob
al de
vel-
opme
nt co
mmun
ity. “
We
shou
ld thi
nk a
bout
recru
iting
more
stude
nts w
ho ar
e goin
g to g
o off a
nd be
come
polic
ymak
ers,”
he
says
.Lik
e his
pre
dece
ssor,
the
new
dean
also
beli
eves
sch
ools
shou
ld ac
t as c
omme
ntator
s. St
ern
has a
lread
y esta
blish
eda s
trong
posit
ion in
this
resp
ect, p
artly
thro
ugh t
he pr
omine
ntco
mmen
tary
of No
uriel
Rou
bini,
profe
ssor
of e
cono
mics
at
the sc
hool.
Prof
Henr
y wa
nts to
take
this
appr
oach
furth
er. “T
o so
meex
tent b
usine
ss sc
hools
hav
e be
en to
o na
rrow
a pa
rt of
theco
nver
satio
n,” h
e sa
ys. “
Wha
t I’d
like
to se
e is
for S
tern
topla
y a
bigge
r role
and
to b
ecom
e an
inter
natio
nal h
ub a
ndco
nven
ing p
lace
for c
onve
rsatio
ns b
etwee
n bu
sines
s, go
v-er
nmen
t and
socie
ty.”
His f
irst fa
culty
appo
intme
nt un
derlin
es th
is ap
proa
ch. N
obel
laure
ate M
ichae
l Spe
nce,
curre
ntly
profe
ssor
of m
anag
e-me
nt at
Stan
ford
and
chair
man
of the
Com
miss
ion o
nGr
owth
and
Deve
lopme
nt, w
hich
focus
es o
n gr
owth
and
pove
rty re
ducti
on in
dev
elopin
g co
untrie
s, wi
ll joi
n St
ern’s
facult
y in
Septe
mber.
Both
Prof
Henr
y’s pa
rents
wer
e scie
ntists
and t
he de
an sa
yshe
has
inhe
rited
an a
bility
to a
ppro
ach
facts
with
a dis
pas-
siona
te ey
e –
a qu
ality
he b
eliev
es m
akes
him
an
appr
opri-
ate ch
ampio
n for
this
miss
ion.
More
over,
as
the th
ird o
f fou
r chil
dren
, he
belie
ves
he is
ana
tural
peac
emak
er. “I
’m g
ener
ally
slow
to an
ger,
quick
tofor
give a
nd I t
ake i
n info
rmati
on be
fore m
aking
decis
ions.
Sono
matt
er h
ow c
ontro
versi
al the
dec
ision
, my
gen
eral
deme
anou
r is t
o pu
t on
white
lab
coat
and
glove
s and
look
at the
evid
ence
, weig
h the
arg
umen
ts an
d se
e wh
at ma
kes
sens
e.”
But h
e ac
cepts
that
his m
ove
from
the “q
uiet li
fe of
a sc
hol-
ar” t
o de
an o
f a le
ading
bus
iness
sch
ool w
ill pr
esen
t cha
l-len
ges,
partic
ularly
for a
rese
arch
er, w
here
eve
ry las
t deta
ilof
a pa
per,
artic
le or
boo
k cha
pter i
s the
auth
or’s
resp
onsi-
bility
.
“As d
ean t
he bu
ck st
ops w
ith m
e, bu
t you
have
to re
linqu
ishlot
s of
contr
ol be
caus
e yo
u ha
ve to
rely
on lo
ts of
peop
le,”
he s
ays.
“So
for m
e it
will
be a
cha
lleng
e to
take
a mo
rema
cro a
ppro
ach
to thi
ngs
and
get
less
involv
ed in
the
detai
ls.”
At th
e sa
me tim
e, his
mov
e to
New
York
mean
s he
and
hiswi
fe an
d fou
r ch
ildre
n wi
ll be
mak
ing a
life
style
shift.
“As a
n ec
onom
ist I’m
awa
re th
at life
is fu
ll of t
rade
offs
. And
we’ll
be tr
ading
off a
beau
tiful b
acky
ard a
nd su
nshin
e for
the
excit
emen
t of in
tellec
tual a
ctivit
y tha
t is M
anha
ttan
... we
’rere
ally e
xcite
d ab
out t
hat.”
(Sen
t to
the E
ditor
by e
mail f
or p
romo
tion.)
14
Blac
kbrigh
t Ce
lebr
ates
her
FOURT
H A
nniver
sary
Than
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u fo
r yo
ur P
atro
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ppor
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