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Three years ago, the dusty general stores lining El Fasher's market sold dates, spices and sacks of maize flour. Cornflakes were a rarity. Yet, today the cool interior of Mohamed Osman Babkir's shop is packed with bottles of Spanish olive oil, balsamic vinegar and jars of preserved cherries. "People don't expect to find these things here," he says. "But there are people making money here, not just refugees...
...dichotomy between ideology and pragmatism has been best described by German sociologist Max Weber in his essay “Politics as a Vocation.” Weber asked, “How can warm passion and a cool sense of proportion be forged together in one and the same soul?” He urges balance and concludes, “An ethic of ultimate ends and an ethic of responsibility are not absolute contracts but rather supplements, which only in unison constitute a genuine man—a man who can have the ‘calling...
...heard some environmentalists call Gore’s decision not to return to Washington inconceivable. While it sure is cool to be friends with Bono or Madonna, common wisdom dictates that the President of the United States is still the man (or woman) who can champion issues to greatest effect. If you want to change the world, we’re told, pack your bags and head toward the swamp-land of Washington...
...Campbell thinks the results have finally silenced naysayers who called the Dome a doomed disaster. Critics may have hated the Millennium Experience, he says, "but the building was always cool. The Rogers design, it's a fantastic, iconic structure." And now, thanks to a hot new arena, what's inside is cool...
...hopeless parts,” Deutch responded dryly. He pointed to studios’ growing reliance on the bottom line, which he said caused them to overlook seminal films in favor of blockbusters. He said of the climate when he started directing, “If you made a cool movie, you had a career. The Friday night it opened was not about how much money it made, it was about what the reviews were, whether it was going to be the talk of the town.”“I can’t agree with...