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...should beware of the patronizing notion of the Noble Savage. Many abandon the old ways through choice, while others are eager to exploit them for their commercial and tourism potential; some distort custom and tradition to their own advantage, political or pecuniary. It is not for the outsider to pick over these ancient cultures and decide what should be preserved, but for as long as they survive they are tiny windows, slowly closing, on how we all once lived...
...good, that you enlighten people about Harry Potter, because those are subtle seductions, which act unnoticed and [can] deeply distort Christianity in the soul, before it can grow properly...
...single incident or decision or disagreement that was pivotal or decisive,” he told the Sun. “There is a larger strategic question that is still open, and I don’t want to put that out in public, because I think that could distort the way that is discussed by the Board. I think that it’s become clear to me that I’m not the right person to lead that internal conversation in a way that is effective...
...some €1.6 billion off the E.U. budget, and lower prices for consumers. This change to the 40-year-old sugar policy was widely anticipated after the World Trade Organization last year decided that the E.U. was infringing international trade rules by giving subsidies to its sugar exporters that distort the world market. But the cuts announced by E.U. Commissioner Mariann Fischer Boel were deeper than expected, and prompted a sour reaction from Europe's sugar industry, which accounts for 13% of world production. Shares in Britain's Tate & Lyle tumbled after it warned that profits could be reduced...
...World Trade Organization ( wto) is trying to prod the world's trade ministers into a new multilateral accord. Trade experts say the prospects for a deal are looking better because of progress on one of the big stumbling blocks: U.S. and E.U. subsidies to their sugar growers, which distort world market prices. But French officials are nervous about the wto and some are deeply suspicious of Mandelson, viewing him as Blair's man in Brussels. That could make it hard for him to persuade Chirac and other leaders that a further liberalization of trade is in their interest. "There...