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...count on being profitable. The average hobbyist has other income of $75,000 a year, says Ekarius, and many have a working spouse with insurance and benefits. You can pay $1 million or more for 15 pristine acres (6 hectares) near a city or $150,000 for 40 decent acres (16 hectares) in the middle of nowhere...
...induces Arthur Edens to read - that seemed to me rather murky. Or incompletely developed. But there's still something deeply absorbing about Michael Clayton, which stems largely from the way it allows its characters their quirks. You believe Arthur's temporary insanity, which is a matter of decent instincts overriding his professionalism. You believe that Pollack's apparent toughness is something of a shell. You sense a curious (and not unsympathetic) naivety in Swinton's corporate lawyer, especially in the scenes where, in private, she works the human kinks out of her public statements ensuring that they remain bland...
...fact, so central is L'Atmo to the lives of the Afghan capital's foreign community, Victor and Cressaty have opened a branch in Kabul's sandbag-ringed NATO compound. This is so that troops - who aren't allowed around town without a humvee escort - can get a decent meal with relative ease. To quote the restaurateurs' compatriot, Napoleon Bonaparte, "an army marches on its stomach." Dishes like L'Atmo's almond trout, duck breast with peaches or grilled king prawns flambéed with whiskey should see them quite a distance...
...debates over Muslim integration in Europe lies the question: what's decent to do in public? Display your sexuality, or your faith? The French have no problem with bare breasts on billboards and TV, but big problems with hijab-covered heads in public schools and government offices. Many Muslims feel just the opposite. For most Europeans, prayer is something best done in private, a matter for individual souls rather than state institutions. In the Islamic world, religion is out of the closet: on the streets, chanted five times daily from minarets, enshrined in constitutions, party platforms and penal codes. Sexual...
...money. But noble intentions are not enough. East Timor NGOs worry that their country's oil laws are so vague that they open the door to mismanagement and skimming. A damning World Bank-Indonesia joint study earlier this year showed Indonesia was struggling to spend state funds on decent development projects...