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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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Gloria in Extremis | 11/1/2007 | See Source »

...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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: One Night in Beijing | 11/1/2007 | See Source »

...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...

Author: By Jonathan Lehman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: From Basepaths to Bookshelves | 10/31/2007 | See Source »

...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...

Author: By Jonathan Lehman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: From Basepaths to Bookshelves | 10/31/2007 | See Source »

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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Married to the Red Sox | 10/31/2007 | See Source »

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