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...Ishii is the kind of fellow who apologizes at the end of an interview when he thinks his answers haven't been witty enough. And he doesn't mind when a laugh comes at his expense. A Los Angeles columnist noticed the patent leather satchel Ishii sometimes carries his wallet in and jokingly suggested that a purse doesn't make him seem intimidating enough. "Then I will carry two purses," Ishii replied...
...many of its elite--the people who work for Vivendi and Airbus, have Harvard M.B.A.s and speak perfect English--globalization and a free-market economy offer glittering opportunities. But for others--and this is true elsewhere in Europe--the modern world is a threat. "Europe," says Bernard Guetta, a columnist at L'Express, "is frightened of the new century." Some French see national identity challenged by immigration and the rise of Islam; they witness governmental powers ineluctably shifting from Paris to the European Union. They fear that an American-style, unfettered free-market economy has nibbled away at social cohesion...
...mail Zweig, a columnist for MONEY magazine, at fundamentalist@moneymail.com
...British newspaper columnist Decca Aitkenhead'sThe Promised Land (Fourth Estate; 217 pages). falls neatly into the second group. Touted as a non-fiction travel guide "in search of the perfect E," it follows Aitkenhead and her hubby Paul as they wander through America, Southeast Asia, South Africa and the Netherlands looking for a way to recapture their early transcendent experiences on Ecstasy. If the words "drugs" and "travel guide" trigger sudden flashbacks of Alex Garland's backpack bible The Beach, don't get excited?this adventure pales in comparison. Not only does Aitkenhead attempt the same jaded been-there, done...
...many of its ?lite - the people who work for Vivendi and Airbus, have Harvard M.B.A.s and speak perfect English - globalization and a free-market economy offer glittering opportunities. But for others - and this is true elsewhere in Europe - the modern world is a threat. "Europe," says Bernard Guetta, a columnist at L'Express, "is frightened of the new century." Some French see national identity challenged by immigration and the rise of Islam; they witness governmental powers ineluctably shifting from Paris to the European Union. They fear that an American-style, unfettered free-market economy has nibbled away at social cohesion...