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Note: The country groups are as follows: EA is East Asia (Japan, China, Hong Kong SAR, Republic of Korea, Taiwan, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam); DEA is Developing East Asia (East Asia excluding Japan); GCH is Greater China (China plus Hong Kong SAR); AFTA is the ASEAN Free..

the changing american population, 1610-2010

During World War II, President Franklin Roosevelt instituted the “Good Neighbor Policy,” which amounted to the U.S. being nice to Latin America and buying its export products at good prices for the producers (for example buying the entire Cuban sugar output during the war years), so as to induce the..

evolving affirmative action

WASHINGTON -- Advocates of education scored two debilitating triumphs December when courts upheld the legality of racial preferences in admissions as administered at University of Washington and University of Michigan. ..

bush left unmoved by war protests

At the White House, Fleischer asserted that the American position on Iraq enjoyed wide support across Europe. 'When you look at Europe, with a few exceptions - Germany and France, more notably - Europe stands united, shoulder to shoulder with the U.S.,' he said. . ..

james taranto's opinions

'Let's Just Say' (The American Spectator, April) . A global-warmist hysteric trivializes the horrors of Nazi Germany. . ... (The American Spectator, March) . The media's 'grim milestones' in Iraq further a political agenda. . ..

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