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HOWEVER TEMPTED THEY may be, active diplomats can't insult world leaders. So the esteemed former Swiss ambassador to the U.S. Edouard Brunner waited until retirement. Brunner, former U.N. mediator in the Middle East, caused a stir in 2002 when he wrote that Margaret Thatcher was solely responsible for the failure of initial talks between Britain and the newly democratic Argentina after the Falklands war, calling the former Prime Minister "vindictive." (Thatcher did not comment.) Brunner...
...Education expert Jos? Joaqu?n Brunner agrees that as Chileans have become more prosperous and better educated and informed, they make decisions in their private and public life more independently. Says Brunner, "The law has adapted to those changes, but I don't think it has prompted them...
...Bachelet administration has canvassed expert and citizen opinion in the course of recent efforts at education and welfare reform. Brunner says surveys show people are shedding their traditional submissive attitude toward authority and instead adopting a level of mistrust, which may actually help build a more democratic society...
...inspired model, with increased competition, entrepreneurship and risk and more working hours. "That means less time for friendship and community," he says. "That may make countries more competitive, but it makes people less happy, especially when per capita income is less than $10,000 a year." Brunner adds that inequality remains a hurdle: While rapid economic development continues to be a priority in Chile, there's also a need for better income distribution and education and a stronger welfare net and social ties...
...turn. Brown is fun to watch. He is trim, constantly in motion, his brown eyes still piercing and just a touch sad. Compared with almost any other politician, he's a riot to talk to, a one-man romp through everyone from St. Paul to Albert Camus. Jane Brunner, a city councilwoman who didn't vote for the mayor but thinks he has done a good job, says that when she goes into his office, she is never certain whether she is going to be in there for two minutes or two hours...