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...peasants to stop talking to the Chinese reporters who descended on the village and began writing about what they saw and heard. The Dickensian tale of children who had been, in some sense, worked to death, was a chilling and all-too believable allegory for the worst kinds of excess in the Chinese countryside. Then Premier Zhu Rongji entered the picture, and the tragedy seemed to slide from debacle into farce. He surprised the villagers?and the rest of China?by blaming the village idiot. According to Zhu, the only fireworks in the building were brought in by a madman...
...anxieties about the plague spread throughout Europe, so did the recriminations. The Spanish daily El Mundo blasted Britain for its "excess confidence" that the country could prevent outbreaks of foot-and-mouth without vaccinating livestock, something most E.U. governments did until a decade ago. Continental farmers grumbled that Britain, where the bse scare began, was once again exporting a food crisis to the rest of Europe. English farmers pinned blame for the epidemic on meat products imported from non-E.U. countries. Environmentalists denounced the drive toward intensified, low-cost farming as the culprit. And in Brussels, bureaucrats were warning...
...vague theatrical advice the twisted Swedish Victorian playwright had to offer, the impressive vision for the production in the Loeb Experimental Theater's black box stage by director Austin Guest '04 ought to be commended. But effort isn't everything, and this mostly freshman production falls flat due to excess and suffers from the problems Strindberg hoped his warning could prevent.The plot holds few surprises. Highborn Miss Julie (Emily Galvin '04), the daughter of a count, seduces Jean, the count's valet, (Geordie Broadwater '04) on Midsummer Eve, behind the back of Kristine (Kayla Rosen '04), the count's cook...
...think you have to look to the third and fourth quarters of this year. That's when all the downsizing and cost-cutting and slashing of excess inventory that companies have been doing this winter and spring should start to pay off. If oil prices come down to the mid-20s, which I think they will, then companies are going to start to return to profitability. They've been doing all the right things in terms of cutting costs, and if the Fed continues to do its role, it's going to start to show up in consumer confidence...
...disappointed that your cover presented a life of excess food, alcohol and tobacco as fun. What is fun about hangovers, smoker's cough and feeling fat and bloated after a heavy meal? Feeling exhilarated after a good run or bike ride, feeling satisfied after a meal of moderation and feeling rested after a good night's sleep are much more fun. Americans need to know that a life of healthy living is extremely rewarding, not drudgery. Attitudes about what makes a good life must change before our bad habits do. DIANE LEVANDOSKI Dallas...