The new Lisbon Treaty raises the threshold for approving a new commission from a simple majority of MEPs present, to an absolute majority, ie, more than half of all MEPs must approve each new college of commissioners.

ECONOMIST: European politics

Perhaps it should serve as a healthy cold shower for any modern civilisational warrior who sets out to present the course of history as a simple tug-of-war between Christianity and Islam.

ECONOMIST: The Crimean war

Begin, I told him, with a simple model in which future cash flows are discounted to a present value.

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While most boards recognize this duty to ensure that management does all it can to maximize this future value as well as stave off present dangers, in this article, I want to offer a simple but powerful information system that can help boards better fulfill this duty.

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Beyond Boston's stubborn resilience, there is also the simple fact that the Celtics, despite their talent disparity, always present a difficult matchup for the Knicks.

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