The perfect conditions, perfect timing, perfect skills for achieving excellence will never come. We have to seize today and vow to begin a life-changing, life-affirming journey to reach the awesome possibilities ahead. As Foster says, "We will not be denied, because we refuse to live within the limits of man-made labels and libels. We will not accept a mediocre life and we will not disappear quietly into the middle. We gladly accept the proverb, "Those who hear not the music, think the dancer's mad, ' We hear the music, it's in our heart and soul, and we must dance."

"Anthony Eden, who served as both Foreign Secretary and Prime Minister, was one of the central political figures of the twentieth century. This masterly biography examines his controversial career, and reveals the inside stories of the Munich crisis (1938), the Geneva Conference (1954) and the Suez crisis (1956). Churchill's role throughout Eden's career is also shown in an entirely new light."--Jacket.

"India can do much more to leverage its strengths and seize today's opportunities. India and the Knowledge Economy suggests actions to strengthen its economic and institutional regime, develop educated and skilled workers, create an efficient innovation system, and build a dynamic information infrastructure. In so doing, it will be able to improve its international competitiveness and join the ranks of countries that are making a successful transition to the knowledge economy."--BOOK JACKET.