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...soft Louisiana drawl, exactly what he thinks can get him into trouble. As Ambassador to Zaire, he was nearly kicked out of the country when his unvarnished reports angered President Mobutu Sese Seko. ''He doesn't say thank you. He doesn't say please. It's just, boom: get the job done and go,'' says an American diplomat in Mogadishu. In Somalia, getting the job done involved landing, unarmed and virtually alone, ahead of U.S. troops last December as George Bush's special envoy. He spent 16 hours each day meeting with Somalis, breaking only for a two-mile...
...socialistic labor laws. Now that left-leaning lawmakers have bolted from the coalition, Singh, an economist, could find it easier to push reforms through - although his allies say they'll proceed with caution to avoid alienating the millions of Indians who haven't shared in the country's economic boom. "No policy should be forced down people's throats," says Kapil Sibal, a Congress Party stalwart and minister in Singh's government. "Growth with equity will be the mantra going forward." The Congress Party recently began running newspaper advertisements trumpeting its commitment to rural development...
Beijing today is a vibrant, increasingly confident metropolis of nearly 20 million, the proud leader of a national social and cultural transformation that is developing hand in hand with China's amazing economic boom. In culture, the blossoming encompasses performance art, painting, sculpting, rock 'n' roll, experimental music, film, poetry and literature. Commercially, where once it conceded all to Shanghai, China's longtime economic powerhouse, Beijing is now at the forefront of a wave of entrepreneurship in telecoms, media, software and the Web. Socially too, Beijing is on fire, with new clubs, bars and restaurants opening every day. The city...
...practice so popular in the U.S. and Europe. "As in America, there are all kinds of new pressures that are at work on people, all kinds of mental stress," says K.T.S. Sarao, a professor of Buddhist studies at the University of Delhi. The wealth created by India's technology boom has brought with it the realization that material comfort isn't the same thing as happiness. Caught in that tender trap, Sarao says, "People turn to meditation...
Still, did I mention the winters are nice? As baby boomers retire, as Hispanic markets expand, as leftist dictators harass wealthy South Americans, some people will always want to come to Florida. In anticipation of the next boom, developer Pérez has set up a $1 billion fund to buy distressed properties, and Zalewski of Condo Vultures has been besieged by foreign investors. "Eventually, Florida is going to grow again," he says...