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...able to tell the full story until he had safely left Burma but that it would be worth the wait. For few foreigners know Burma as intimately as he, and nobody has written about it with more power. His book The Trouser People (Penguin; 2003) is the definitive account of modern Burmese society. Andrew arrived in Rangoon just in time to catch the uprising at its most optimistic: the monks had been joined by thousands of ordinary Burmese, infused with hope that they would get the junta to bend and perhaps break. Andrew joined the crowds, marveling at the courage...
...wars in the former Yugoslavia, Iraq, Afghanistan and the Palestinian territories, where she suffered a brain aneurysm last June. She had a gift for capturing the condition of societies, especially women, caught in bloody conflicts. I particularly recommend her multimedia piece on Palestinian rappers and her powerful first-person account of a riveting photo-essay from Gaza--both are available at time.com/boulat
...seven decades. But the rise of "lifestyle," or hobby, farms--typically about 30 acres (12 hectares) that produce little or no income--promises to halt the decline, say officials at the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Largely because of hobby farms, whose numbers are growing 2% a year and now account for about half of all farms, the population of rural counties is up 12% since 1990--the first gain in such areas since the Depression...
...Pass. The maelstrom that engulfs Hannibal, who would eventually be worn down by the Romans, is Turner's way of predicting that Napoleon would be cut down to size too. In the same way, The Burning of the House of Lords and Commons, 16th October, 1834, Turner's furious account of the fire that destroyed the old seat of government, was understood in his own time--just like the fire itself--as a judgment on the corruption of Parliament...
...Koran to treat believers of other faiths with respect and friendship - and that Muslims expect the same in return. "As Muslims, we say to Christians that we are not against them and that Islam is not against them - as long as they do not wage war against Muslims on account of their religion, oppress them and drive them out of their homes...