In order to bind the diverse regions of Spain into a nation, in 1561, King Felipe II created a capital in the middle of the Iberian peninsula, on a desolate plateau whose most significant advantage was that it was roughly equidistant from every other part of the realm.
Here's Soros' take: 1. Europe and the US in effect guaranteed their financial institutions, which created a capital flight from countries in Eastern Europe, Africa, Latin America and parts of Asia unable to make such guarantees to their banks.
A month after that, a Ugandan politician introduced a bill to create a capital offence of "aggravated homosexuality".
The Palestinian Authority would create a capital in these new districts and call it Al Quds and not Jerusalem.
The Aztecs were the first to alter the natural hydrological rhythms, partly to manage flooding, partly to create a capital that could be easily protected.
They were the ones who advised telecom companies to load up on debt, creating a capital structure for many of them that was bound to fail.
Periodically, administrations have suggested creating a capital budget, both to give clearer picture of the economic effects of federal spending and to shield investments from budget cuts that should be limited to consumption outlays.
PAGE 10 POINTING TO THE RIGHT Speaking of blame, in "The Wrecking Crew," the liberal journalist Thomas Frank blames conservative Republicans for creating a capital that seems to be run by lobbyists.
This came a week after an investigative report published separate allegations against HSBC's Swiss bankers of helping wealthy clients avoid tax.Jonathan Hill, the European Union's new financial-services commissioner, presented the outline of a plan to create a "capital markets union" that seeks to make small- and medium-sized businesses less reliant on Europe's enfeebled banks for funding.
Since Israel, through suggested changes in the municipal border, will be creating a capital for itself that is strongly and comfortably Jewish, it is perhaps illogical that Mr Barak's men should insist on retaining sovereignty over inner Palestinian areas when they are ready to let the outer suburbs go.Try for the bestBut logic has never had much to do with Jerusalem.
Now Israel was annexing East Jerusalem and several neighboring Arab towns, creating a capital of more than forty square miles, incorporating two of Islam's most revered mosques, the walls of Suleiman the Magnificent, the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, and sixty thousand Arabs a third of the city who would not be Israeli citizens.
