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...competent, if comparatively uncharismatic, technocrat. Indeed, the Philippines has made considerable economic strides under her stewardship, posting 7.5% GDP growth last quarter - the highest in 20 years - and paying down a massive government deficit. Arroyo's government has attracted millions of dollars in foreign investment - no small beer for a country where political instability and a crushing debt load have often made investors wary. Arroyo has also made progress in tamping down the long-running insurgencies in the south. Two weeks ago, she announced that the government was close to signing a final peace agreement with the separatist Moro Islamic...
...nightclubs in Beijing but it was renovated in May and has separate rooms for hip-hop and house. If the night is still young, head to Yu Gong Yi Shan, (86-10) 6404 2711, on Zhangzizhong Road. This is a pub that caters to the music-loving crowd. The beer is cheap and there are regular live performances by local bands, some of them surprisingly good...
...book trades heavily on familiar tropes, though John’s passages are endearingly sincere. He is the polished Northeasterner displaced into the heartland, the late-round pick desperate to prove his mettle and move up the organizational ladder, the 22-year-old who likes beer and women. The dispatches following multi-hit games are as excited as the ones following a hitless night or a benching are disappointed...
...audience to campus mores are sure to provoke chuckles. On page 2, he writes, “There are a lot of collared shirts at Harvard. Some guys even wear pink ones,” and later, “Even kids at Harvard like to drink beer and party...
Every time I uncap a beer - and I do so often from April to October, televised baseball being the primary pastime where I live in New England - the bottle opener plays the radio call of the Red Sox 2004 World Series win. The opener has an electronic chip inside that makes removing a cap almost operatic, the way Sox left fielder Manny Ramirez does when running the bases - throwing off his helmet as if it were filled with angry hornets...