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To: Maurice Winn who wrote (8859)	9/2/2006 7:59:08 AM
From: elmatador	Respond to of 217741

Elroy is right, hostages were pawns int the election chessboard. had they been released earlier, Carter would have won. Carter elected after Vietnam debacle. The super-power image of the UD was on the floor. Reagan did a psychological gamble. He went to the American and said: We're still big. Lets build a 600-ship navy. is morning in America. The Americans thought: "See! we just needed a resolute president to be elected to strike fears on the Iranians and they released the hostages."

To: Maurice Winn who wrote (8859)	9/2/2006 7:14:19 PM
From: elmatador	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 217741

The future of high tech: Brazil, Russia, India and China. The US economist C.K. Prahalad has long been a proponent of thinking of high technology as a form of development aid. In his book "The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid," Prahalad speaks about the need to stop seeing the poor as victims or as a burden on society. To him, 4 billion poor are the key to the next stage of trade and prosperity. Affordability is decisive Prahalad has made a name for himself as a professor at the University of Michigan and is considered one of the most influential management gurus in the world. According to Prahalad, the markets with the most potential for growth aren't to be found in the Third World, but in developing countries. And his central hypothesis makes sense: The high tech industry cannot keep expanding if it continues to sell only to 2.5 million wealthy customers. service.spiegel.de That's why Elmat keep going to those tough places: We end up saving the world from the collapse TJ keeps talking about. :-)