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...economics professor temporarily in a wheelchair - the crowd let out a roar. "I promise not to let you down," he told them. "I will be your servant with all humility and gratitude." After a harsh appraisal of his predecessor, he spelled out his alternative. "There has been a wide disconnect between the people and government," he said. "Corruption will now cease to be a way of life in Kenya ? The era of anything goes is gone forever." Making good on those promises will be difficult. Once ranked a middle-income country, Kenya is now a pauper. More than half...
...hearts and minds at a time when terrorism is an ever greater peril for the region. The sympathy earned by the U.S. after Sept. 11 is being wiped out by old grudges and new provocations, all fanned by the prospect of an impending war in Iraq. There is a disconnect here that is troubling: with every new incidence of terrorism, much of it directed against the U.S. and the West, citizens of Asia's supercities and rural communities seem to vent their anger back at Uncle Sam, not at the extremist groups responsible. Why? Because the U.S. is still seen...
...other hand, you can't say that, for all their juking and jiving, Kaufman and Jonze have really licked Orlean's book. Chris Cooper is funny as the dentally challenged redneck orchid thief--there's a funny-weird disconnect between his personality and his obsession--and Streep works up a fine, ladylike glow of perspiration stalking him. But the movie ends in a burst of violence that we are unprepared for and don't believe. Maybe it's the film's final joke: Donald's cheesy screenwriting manner winning out over Charlie's. In fact, the mythical brother shares...
Chopra also says he will address what he describes as a disconnect between council members and the students they represent...
PBHA officers came up with the idea last January, during a discussion on the disconnect between short-term, symptomatic help and political activism that addresses the causes of social ills...