Word: élites
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...Whatever the source of the new bloodlust, it is eroding the Maoists' earlier popular support. Villagers initially found the Maoists' opposition to the corrupt and self-serving ruling ?lite appealing and approved of their campaigns to ban alcohol and hashish and end age-old discrimination against women. That support is now all but gone, opening the avenue for Deuba to win back the public. Last week he promised sweeping social, economic and constitutional reforms, building on a package of land-reform measures passed last summer. But in the short term, the war continues to escalate. And while the eventual winner...
...business ?lite aren't helping either. Hong Kong sorely needs a political party to promote more market, less government. Yet the territory's business leaders have supported state interventions in the property and stock markets (which have propped up their wealth). Instead of facing up to Hong Kong's problems, they blame Britain, saying the former colonizers left behind "time bombs" that are now exploding. In fact, Britain left the world's third-largest pool of foreign reserves and the rule of law, which none of the tycoons would trade for communist-style justice. The truth is that Beijing...
...critic, with his own cute handle (such as Chuck Schwartz, Cranky Critic?) or year-end 10 Best list (Harry Knowles of the popular ain't-it-cool-news.com picked the defiantly weird Requiem for a Dream as his No. 1). The web is where traditional criticism is democratized, where the ?lite meet defeat at the hands of the cyber-rabble. You don?t need experience, insight or a spell- check function (Note to all websters: "its" is a possessive, "it?s" is a contraction), just passion and a lot of spare time...
...very publicly arrested on charges of "economic plunder" and carted off to a jail in a Manila military compound, Joseph Estrada, the disgraced ex-President of the Philippines, proclaimed his innocence on television and radio interviews and dismissed his persecution as a conspiracy being waged against him by the ?lite classes. It was potentially rousing material, but the former movie star's delivery failed him. He was still wearing his trademark white wristband adorned with the presidential seal, but his swagger was gone. He looked defeated and confused, as if he couldn't comprehend these latest events. "Not even...
...that ideal as possible. And who can blame them? Birth rates, while short of baby-boom levels, are nonetheless robust, tightening the competition for spots in the best schools. At the same time, almost all those schools have democratized their admissions policies, meaning it's no longer just the ?lite who can attend. With competition getting ever keener, kids have to do ever more to distinguish themselves...