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...messiness - as he might put it - has tempered steady economic progress and the betterment of the life chances of ordinary folk. But the strength of his argument does not rest only on other nations' failures. Above all, it is bolstered by Singapore's success. For as any visitor can attest, the scale of what Lee and his colleagues have achieved by applying his principles - in what Singaporean academic and fiction writer Catherine Lim has described as "an authoritarian, no-nonsense manner which has little use for sentiment" - is simply astonishing...
Encountering Lee and his opinions on the page, in a debate, or in one of his provocative comments is not the same as knowing him, friends attest. In daily life, and in nightlife, he is somewhat more subdued. “He doesn’t come out to a lot of parties,” observes Leng, who recalls that Lee arrived at a party called Skankfest wearing shorts, a button-down, and a tie. “He prefers to just sit back in his room and sip whiskey, alone...
Books don't have to be serious to be adapted, as the many movie versions of Elmore Leonard novels attest. But since they're often how people experience a story first, debates will always rage over the merits of each version. We're here to add kindling to that fire. Six books, six movies, 12 constituencies. Which ones win? We'll say, but you'll decide...
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That, as many a manufacturer will attest, is easier said than done. Trans fats are byproducts in hydrogenated oils--whose constituent fats have been chemically altered by the addition of hydrogen atoms. Those oils are loved by restaurateurs because they can be repeatedly reheated without breaking down and by food processors because they're resistant to rancidity. They also provide much of the comfort in comfort food, accounting for everything from the flavor of chips to the flaky layering of croissants to the stubborn moistness of muffins...