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Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid of Nev. adjusts his glasses as he speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, March 24, 2015.Pablo Martinez Monsivais鈥擜PBy Sarah Begley and Alex RogersUpdated: March 27, 2015 12:52 PM [ET] | Originally published: March 27, 2015 8:26 AM EDT;Sen. Harry Reid says he will not seek reelection in 2016, bringing an end to his decades-long career in Congress as one of the longest serving Democratic leaders ever.The former majority leader says becoming minority leader after Democrats lost control of the Senate in November had nothing to do with his decision, nor did his rib-breaking exercise accident in January. Reid, adidas campus 80s 75, said that he did not want nike air max to ma yeezy slide ke use of Democratic funding to be reelected when that money could be better used in other races, citing tough battles in Maryland and Pennsylvania.In a statement, Reid also said his accident, which broke bones in his face, had given him and his wife time to ponder and to think, leading him to the conclusion that it would be best to hand over the reins.Reid has already endorsed New York Sen. Chuck Schumer as his replacement over other potential successors like Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin, t Nfvz Planned Parenthood Won t Take Money for Fetal Tissue Research
Hundreds of drones form a light show in Shenzhen, China, in December 2020Liu Bo鈥擵CG/Getty ImagesIdeasBy Klaus SchwabAugust 11, 2021 5:17 PM EDTSchwab is the Founder and Executive Chairman of the World Economic Forum. It hasnrsquo;t always been easy to discern from a Western vantage point, but the rise of China and Asia has been the most important economic development of the past four decades. In 1979, many Chinese people had an average inc af1 ome of less than a dollar a day. Today, Shenzhen, Chinarsquo tech capital, has a per capita GDP of almost $30,000. The city is home to tech giants such as Huawei, Tencent and ZTE, and a maker movement of tech startups. And adidas campus many othe adidas samba r Chinese cities, including Hangzhou, Shanghai and Beijingrsquo Zhongguancun home to TikTok creator ByteDance , made equally impressive progress.When I visited the country for the first time in April 1979, it was still reeling from two centuries of turmoil. But Chinarsquo new leader, Deng Xiao-ping, had already begun pursuing an experimental set of policies, borrowed from Singapore, called Reform and Opening-Up. In its early days, it consisted of creating Special Economic Zo |