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...council spent the bulk of the eveningdiscussing amendments to the grants, but Hymansaid that the number of groups protesting theFinance Committee's decisions only four wassmaller than it had been in the past...
...bulk of Vietnam's population, though, reform is falling short. Urban residents may be better off than ever, but 51% of the country lives below the World Bank's 2,100-calories-a-day subsistence level. In metropolitan Hanoi, many seem to be able to afford $2,700 for a Honda Dream motorcycle. For peasants, dreaming is as close as they will ever get to that goal. Economic reform is removing them-as well as their urban countrymen-from the socialist dole for health care and education. The rural families can't afford to pay for health care, however...
...Minh City enjoys considerable administrative autonomy, but important decisions about its economy are still made in the North. The central government takes 80% of the city's annual tax revenues. Officials from Hanoi are assigned the top jobs at local state-owned factories and trading firms. Even the bulk of the city's electricity comes from the Hoa Binh Dam, 930 miles to the north. "The government can satisfy some demands, not all," says Peoples Council president Pham Tran Truc. "For example, we are not satisfied with the electricity supply . " At which point the lights in his office flicker...
Chronology is decidedly unlinear in the novel, with different periods of the past flashing in and out as they relate to the events of the present. The impetus of his memory--and memory does comprise the bulk of the novel--is a series of articles by the journalist Esme Barron (later Esme Gilmartin--she marries Conor, Brocky's son) about old Toronto and for which she is interviewing Hullah. This narrative strand, the present, which brings about the memory aspect of the novel, continues on its own for years. Brocky, Charlie, and Hullah are middle-aged...
Jessica Lange is a firebrand beside Neeson's drooping bulk, even if she is saddled with the stiff-upper-lip female role. And Brian McCardie, who plays the eager young Alasdair MacGregor, is an adorable hyperbole. Of course...