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...three long stories that make up The Elephanta Suite all deal with New Englanders who settle into the lulling comfort of an Indian sanctuary - a spa, a luxury hotel, an ashram - only to be drawn out of it by their conflicting desires. All three of them start slipping away from their cozy images of themselves, and begin going native on the dark side of town, even as the Indians around them are becoming more like Americans. The fact that the title refers both to a room in a fancy hotel and to a set of movements in a musical sequence...
...appalled that several presidents have found comfort in the shallow religiosity of Graham. I hope they associated with him only for political reasons and were too wise to take him seriously. The fact that Jimmy Carter and Harry Truman kept him at a distance increases my regard for them. Time observes that Graham "has shaped the contours of American public religion." If that is so, then I weep. M.D. Fisher, Cashmere, Queensland...
...your window seat. Relax, the ride is getting a lot better. A new breed of six-bladed turboprops like Bombardier's Q400--jet fast but even quieter--is leading a revival. Carriers are taking advantage of the new turbos' more efficient fuel burn, reduced cabin noise, increased capacity and comfort and greater speed compared with previous models...
...Gaza's Hamas-led government, assured the E.U. that electricity funds were being properly utilized. The 1.5 million Palestinians who live in the tiny strip of land on the Mediterranean, however, were seething - not at Haniyeh and Hamas but at Abbas, who sat out this crisis in air-conditioned comfort farther inland in the West Bank with his supporters in Fatah, the other main Palestinian group. Why blame Abbas? Because the Gazans believe he is trying force them to rebel against Hamas and that he is doing this by breaking their backs...
...ratcheted up to perilous excess. The dénouement of a credit cycle need not end disastrously for investors or the global economy. Even today, we can still point to various economic positives - buoyant global growth, low inflation and enormous investment flows from Asia and the Middle East. But comfort from these forces may be short-lived if credit problems worsen and housing prices keep falling...