Israel will not win security by crushing Lebanon
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- Israel will not win security by crushing Lebanon
- Clink of a wine revolution in Kingfisher land
- Luring CEOs just might go out of fashion
- Addicted to the nuclear option
- Ferguson upbeat after defeat of young guns
Israel will not win security by crushing Lebanon
Guardian Unlimited – Jul 23, 2006
That will not be easy, not least with the increasingly overt intervention of Iran. But the same was said a year ago when Lebanon’s politicians and people astonished even themselves by managing to end the Syrian army’s 30-year encampment on their soil. The Cedar Revolution was home-grown. But it could not have succeeded without the active, shoulder-to-shoulder insistence of the international community that the Syrian troops had to go. The same resolve and unity are now indispensable if Lebanon is to reassert control over its territory – and finally stop being the proxy battleground for the power struggles of the Middle East. About this article
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Clink of a wine revolution in Kingfisher land
Times Online – Jul 23, 2006
Now if you go to a dinner party in Delhi, people expect wine. Even people whose parents never drank are now drinking wine. ” Until recently Indians were restricted to home-grown varieties, while wines from Europe and the New World were either unavailable or astronomically priced because of high duties. Subhash Arora, founder of the Delhi Wine Club, said interest started growing four years ago when the government lifted some import restrictions and cut duties on wines sold in restaurants and hotels. “It unleashed a hidden demand, not just among foreigners here, but among people who had been students overseas, and businessmen. The Indian wine makers started making cabernet sauvignon, and it took off. “Wine has become the standard drink of fashionable parties, but it’s also popular among low-strata people who see it on television.
Luring CEOs just might go out of fashion
San Francisco Chronicle – Jul 23, 2006
And the bigger the company, the harder it is to find someone with that CEO experience. ” Reiter said that 25 years ago, retail executives were home-grown through training programs offered at department stores like Macy’s, Abraham & Strauss and Alexander’s — all of which have been reduced or eliminated. Today, retailers steal talent from each other instead of cultivating their own. Or they poach from outside the industry, knowing they will have to retrain whomever they hire. Pressler, 49, was considered a rising star at Disney, where he spent 15 years before Reiter recruited him for Gap in 2002. Although he has gotten credit for strengthening the company’s bottom line, Pressler has been slammed for missing the mark on merchandise, resulting in fewer customers in stores.
Addicted to the nuclear option
Guardian Unlimited – Jul 23, 2006
Nuclear deterrence was not much use against the home-grown terrorists who caused mayhem in London just over a year ago. Nor was it much good in the power-play between a standing, supplicant, British Prime Minister and a sitting US President in St Petersburg. No, George W Bush could do without a personal visit by Tony Blair to the Middle East, although he was grateful for the present of a sweater. He would send his own woman. Now, in any discussion about our relations with the US, we must remember that the US came to our (indeed, Europe’s) rescue in two world wars (albeit after a significant time lag).
Ferguson upbeat after defeat of young guns
Telegraph.co.uk – Jul 23, 2006
Quinton Fortune, the South African former United midfielder who has been on trial with Bolton, will be offered a permanent deal by Sam Allardyce after emerging unscathed from Wanderers’ defeat by neighbours Burnley. Meanwhile Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has refuted suggestions that the club have signed Michael Ballack and Andriy Shevchenko to help the club sell more shirts. While in South Africa Ferguson allegedly accused Chelsea of being “hell-bent on ruining football” with their spend, spend, spend policy, and the acquisition of two 29-year- olds seems to contradict Mourinho’s stated desire to give home-grown youth a chance. But he said: “They have great status which they will bring to our team of champions. “I’ll always defend that a team cannot just be built around one or two stars but in this moment the situation is different here because Ballack and Shevchenko are arriving into my team of champions. It is not a team that needs them to be champions. We are already champions,”One summer signing, Salomon Kalou, 20, does represent the future, arriving from Holland with an impressive record of 42 goals in 83 games for Feyenoord.