Newsletter 212
[1]"Great Man" Theory Of Business
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Steve Rattner | FT | 19 January 2011
Steve Jobs at Apple. Jack Welch at GE. Lou Gerstner at IBM. The person at
the top can make or break the company. Not least because great leaders build
great teams. “A players hire A players, and B players hire B players.”
[2]Ask A Tunisian
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2. http://b.rw/hVBSBt
Kate Cronin-Furman | Wronging Rights | 19 January 2011
Super-helpful interview with Anis Allagui, Tunisian expat living in North
America, who gives a simple, clear, apparently well-informed explanation of
recent events in his home country. Key point: so far, the army are the good
guys
[3]Politics Of The Thumb
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3. http://b.rw/hnR6hV
Will Davies | Potlatch | 19 January 2011
Anatomy of hand-gesture newly popular among British Labour politicians: the
thumb-press. Make a fist, but lay your thumb over your index finger. "The
user is not to be messed with, no matter how pleasant their thumb may
appear"
[4]Under Paris
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4. http://b.rw/gG6PSN
Neil Shea | National Geographic | 19 January 2011
Strap on a helmet, explore the tunnels beneath Paris. Where you may
encounter bones, rats, geologists, mushrooms, bachelor parties, pockets of
explosive gas, and a pond in the foundations of the Opera used for training
firemen
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Today's FiveBooks Interview
[6]Bernard Haykel on =YEMEN=
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6. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/bernard-haykel-on-yemen
Bernard Haykel’s fascinating selection paints a worrying picture of a
country at odds with the cultural riches of its past. With internal
conflicts and poor governance, Al Qaeda is the least of its problems
[7]Continue reading…
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7. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/bernard-haykel-on-yemen
Topic
[8]Israel Palestine
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8. http://thebrowser.com/topics/israel-palestine-0
Browse interviews with Arab-Israeli specialists from Stephen Walt to Michael
Goldfarb, and read selection of articles and lectures that our specialists
have chosen to give an in-depth understanding of the conflict
[9]Continue reading…
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9. http://thebrowser.com/topics/israel-palestine-0
Book of the Day
[10]Arabian Sands
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10. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/arabian-sands-by-wilfred-thesiger
-by Wilfred Thesiger -
_Jo Tatchell says: _ This is about Wilfred’s post-war years in Arabia, a
kind of homage to T E Lawrence. Rich in detail, Arabian Sands is an
evocation of a lost world of tribes, windswept dunes and the brotherhood he
came to love and admire among the desert people.
[11]More recommendations…
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11. http://thebrowser.com/fivebooks
Browsings
[12]polit2k A manifesto for the simple scribe – 25 commandments for
journalists | Tim Radford | Science | guardian.co.uk [13]t.co/NLOlIfd
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