Word: businessman
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Most citizens would agree with Goh, the small businessman: "We have plenty of freedom here, except political freedom." And for most, that is just fine. Singapore is a nation of immigrants from countries historically ravaged by chaos and poverty. The average Singaporean is conservative and family- oriented, and cares most about two things: money and security. He approves of hanging drug dealers and locking up gangsters without trial. He has struck a simple social contract, accepting limits on personal freedom in return for prosperity and stability. What holds the deal together is the country's lack of corruption. When officials...
While his theme offers great potential, however, Brown's storytelling falls far short. The white world in The African Company is limited to a bigoted, apparently Irish cop and a slimy, apparently Wasp businessman. The five men of the actual company are reduced to three -- one who is unrequitedly in love with the leading lady, another who is loved by her but doesn't reciprocate her trust, and an older third who is limited mostly to low-comedic shenanigans. The women are equally stereotypical...
...upbringing and put himself in wild places where privilege has no meaning. At 65 he's already spent a decade wrestling with Mister Watson, the fierce and accursed and untamable killer who was, by all accounts, "a good husband and a loving father, an expert and dedicated farmer, successful businessman and good neighbor...
...Both grandly declared that the day of rule by rifle was over. "I believe only in democracy," said Ali Mahdi in an interview with TIME at his seaside villa in Mogadishu. "Every Somali has the right to be President. If left to myself, I would like to be a businessman once again. But if the Somali people wish me to continue, I will do my best to serve them...
Monitors from other European states said the campaign had been "tainted by shameless propaganda in the state-run media," which labeled Milosevic's opponent, the Serbian-born American businessman Milan Panic, a spy and a traitor. The poll watchers also reported that election lists had been rigged in Milosevic's favor and that 5% of potential voters were prevented from casting their ballots...