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Slumdog comprador: coming to terms with the Slumdog phenomenon.(GLOBAL CINEMA)
CineAction; 12/22/2009; 7374 words; ...foregrounding is predicated on the role that expatriate intellectuals can play. [...] In the immediate aftermath of 9/11, comprador...liberating these nations from the evil of their own designs. (2) While proponents of Slumdog may argue that, at most (i...

Multi-objective highway alignment optimization using a genetic algorithm.(Report)
Journal of Advanced Transportation; 12/22/2009; 7684 words; ...construction cost Introduction Transportation plays an important role in the socio-economic...Both aspects have their own importance and play a major role in being a deciding factor...This design procedure is basically a 2-dimensional (2D) approach. On the...aspects like user and construction costs ...

Currency Plays Havoc with Oracle's Numbers.
Linux Gram; 12/22/2009; 908 words; ...6 billion and the all-important service revenue was down 2% to $1.1 billion. Updates and product support revenues were up 14% to $2.9 billion and operating income up 11% to $2 billion, with a margin of 35%. Oracle said that if the...

Second city or second country? The question of Canadian identity in SCTV'S transcultural text.(CANADIAN TELEVISION)(Second City Television)(Critical essay)
CineAction; 12/22/2009; 8747 words; ...their contribution to "our cultural sense of identity." (2) In 1982, Thomas and Moranis produced the comedy album Great...As signifiers of Canadian identity, Bob and Doug McKenzie play on these notions of similarities and difference. The characters...

The contemporary presidency: the political utility of empathy in presidential leadership.(Report)
Presidential Studies Quarterly; 12/1/2009; 10052 words; ...repeatedly stated that the personal quality of empathy would play a decisive role in the selection process. When Justice David...wavered in his pronouncement) Obama's belief that empathy plays an essential role in political judgment is worthy of headlines...individuals are more readily adept at empathetic ...