Word: doubledealing
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You failed to mention that Ethiopia's population has doubled since Live Aid, and is increasing at 2.5% a year. At this rate it will double again by 2036. David Stephens, Munich
Eat, Drink and Be Merry For a country that has assimilated foreign concepts so successfully - today few Japanese think much of the overseas origins of baseball or curry - the idea of exporting true Japanese craftsmanship is, indeed, revolutionary. That instinct is what led a 383-year-old Japanese brewery last...
Gambling was meant to bring development to this sleepy former Portuguese colony - and it has. Between 2004 and 2006, $3.3 billion of foreign direct investment flowed into the territory, and the effect on this city of just 540,000 people can be likened to filling a teacup with a fire...
In the 1800s, there was a certain logic--and a cool distance--to the formal calling card. Those who were part of, or sought a place among, the social élite would deliver a card with their name engraved on it to someone's home to request a visit. But...
But with prospects for a peace deal slipping, the sharks will start circling. The increasingly lame-duck Bush Administration is already reversing itself on major Middle East policies by sending senior diplomats to engage Iran and hinting at a horizon for a troop withdrawal in Iraq. Hamas, already masters of...