December 1, 2008

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December 1, 2008

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THE DECLINE OF THE NORTH AMERICAN CAR
BUSINESS

THE DECLINE OF THE NORTH AMERICAN CAR

By COLIN CAMPBELL16 min
A MIDWIFE CRISIS
HEALTH

A MIDWIFE CRISIS

By LIANNE GEORGE11 min
How to be a success
SOCIETY

How to be a success

By MALCOLM GLADWELL11 min
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BUSINESS

THE DECLINE OF THE NORTH AMERICAN CAR

American cars were once the epitome of style and a symbol of industrial power. But arrogance, desperation and greed changed all that, BY COLIN CAMPBELL By COLIN CAMPBELL16 min
A MIDWIFE CRISIS 6263
HEALTH

A MIDWIFE CRISIS

Not enough doctors, not enough midwives: it’s a bad time to have a baby in Canada By LIANNE GEORGE11 min
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SOCIETY

How to be a success

Talent plus practice, practice, practice—and being in the right place at the right time By MALCOLM GLADWELL11 min
MEEING THE NEW NEIGHBOUR 1819
NATIONAL

MEEING THE NEW NEIGHBOUR

Stephen Harper is working to find a way to be heard in the new world of Washington By JOHN GEDDES, PAUL WELLS10 min
'Being successful is all about whether you have the skills to impose your will on the world' 56b57
SOCIETY

'Being successful is all about whether you have the skills to impose your will on the world'

MALCOLM GLADWELL, AUTHOR OF ‘THE TIPPING POINT,' TALKS WITH KATE FILLION ABOUT PLANE CRASHES AND THE MINIMUM IQ FOR SUCCESS
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MAIL BAG

THANK YOU FOR Michael Friscolanti’s article about the listeria outbreak at Maple Leaf Foods (“How safe is your food?” Business, Nov. 10). It was very moving for me as my mother, Elizabeth Schroh, passed away in August after it was confirmed her blood contained isteria monocytogenes.
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THE BACK PAGES

Poor needy pathetic desperate Jen

How did Jennifer Aniston, once America's Sweetheart, morph into America’s Spinster? By ANNE KINGSTON7 min
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WORLD

WHEN BALLOTS GET STUFFED

There’s a lot more to vote on in American elections than just the candidates By LUIZA CH. SAVAGE7 min
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WORLD

IMPRISONED IN THE PAST

Iraq’s notorious Abu Ghraib prison is scheduled to reopen, in part as a museum By ADNAN R. KHAN6 min
'SEVEN TABLES WERE BROKEN. IT WAS A -IRAQI STUDENT LATIF AHMED ORGANIZES JLL METAL NIGHT-THE DAY I’VE DREAMED ABOUT.’ AGHDAD’S FIRST HEAVY METAL CONCERT IN MEMORY 6667
NEWSMAKERS

'SEVEN TABLES WERE BROKEN. IT WAS A -IRAQI STUDENT LATIF AHMED ORGANIZES JLL METAL NIGHT-THE DAY I’VE DREAMED ABOUT.’ AGHDAD’S FIRST HEAVY METAL CONCERT IN MEMORY

If there’s one quality that political neophyte John Key brings to his new job as New Zealand’s incoming prime minister, it’s a belief in perseverance. The 47-year-old leader of the centre-right National Party grew up in a single-parent home under the guidance of a Jewish mother who fled her native Austria in the perilous 1930s.
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