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Since the project was launched, we have written about 20 of the most important industries of the Russian economy. These are the chemical industry, ferrous metallurgy, the food industry, the auto industry, nonferrous metallurgy, the oil industry, air transport, light industry, the power industry, water transport, the gas industry, the military-industrial complex, banking, mass media and advertising, telecommunications, railway transport, the forest industry, the coal industry, show business, and the engineering industry. The report on each industry includes its history, the situation in the industry today, and its prospects. We have also defined the term "oligarch."
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The upheaval threatens to put Nairobi on a list of foreign capitals where I once resided or visited regularly but which have become dangerous ground for foreign tourists or business people, journalists and, in many cases, the local population. A curtain of violence and of hostility toward outsiders has fallen over many parts of my journalistic history. So when Kenya seems to be collapsing, I take it personally. It revives memories of seeing Lebanon tear itself apart around me, or watching from a distance as Algiers, Tehran, Baghdad, Mogadishu, Khartoum, Harare and a few of the other places I traveled to as a young foreign correspondent have been enveloped by long nights of horrific destruction, xenophobic revolution or both. The list is not exhaustive, nor, as you may have suspected, is it truly just about my own experiences living or working in Africa, the Middle East and Asia.
Auto researchers to use ex-Delphi lab
Delphi Corp. announced Thursday it would turn over a shuttered laboratory in Shelby Township for use as a federally backed facility for research into advanced automotive technologies. The 56,000-square-foot facility -- along with some of the equipment remaining at the lab at Shelby Parkway near 23 Mile -- will be transferred from Delphi to a new public-private group called the U.S. Automotive Partnership for Advancing Research and Technologies, or U.S. Autoparts. The group, which will be comprised of automotive suppliers and government researchers, will collaborate on projects focused on developing advanced lightweight materials, biofuels and batteries, all aimed at helping the industry develop more fuel-efficient vehicles. .
Collin College, Austin College sign pre-admission agreement
Collin College has signed its ninth admission agreement, this time with Sherman-based Austin College, the schools announced yesterday.The agreement gives Collin College students transferring to Austin College a leg up on their college career, said Marisela Cadena-Smith, a Collin College spokeswoman.Students who declare their intent to transfer to Austin College are assigned advisers from that college who guide them through their career at Collin College. While the agreement doesn't guarantee automatic admission to Austin College, working with the school's academic counselors ensures that students' credits seamless transfer, she said.Michael Strysick, executive director of college relations, said students would know exactly what courses they would need to take at Collin College to prepare them for their junior and senior years at Austin College.Through the counseling process, students avoid surprises that often hit students transferring from community colleges to up-level institutions.
Dartmouth, University of Pennsylvania v. Yale
NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, January 19. THE Bulldogs topped Dartmouth 244 to 55 while defeating Penn 217 to 79 Saturday at home. Yale had a first place finisher in 14 of the 16 events. In the 200-yard medley, the team of sophomore Tom Robinson, junior Matt Sweitzer, junior Chris Pool, and junior Alex Righi took first place with a time of 1:33.33. Freshman Matt Lee took first place in the 1000-yard freestyle with a time of 9:33.16. Junior Dennen McCloskey finished in first place in the 100-yard backstroke with a time of 53.61. .
Conference of Municipalities Asks Rell to Push Tax Relief for ...
With tax anxiety threatening many state cities and towns, the Connecticut Conference of Municipalities (CCM) Wednesday asked legislators and Gov. M. Jodi Rell to provide tax relief. Earlier, the governor had proposed a cap on municipal property tax revenues, but CCM [www.ccm-ct.org] has warned her idea is not the magic bullet needed to ease the burden on local taxpayers and asked Rell to pull back on that proposal. "Unless the governor and the General Assembly act this session, property taxpayers in towns and cities across the state face steep property tax hikes, huge reductions in public services or both," said Elizabeth Patterson, president of the CCM and mayor of Mansfield. Westport First Selectman Gordon F. Joseloff, in a brief telephone interview yesterday morning, said there is a need to be concerned about finances and that Westport will be getting "a little bit more money" from the state.
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