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...Sequels flourish especially in conservative times, when audiences are in retreat from the shock of the new. Which is why you could place a small bet on a Bush re-election; voters may choose the sequel to a wild ride over a four-year courtship with Kerry and Edwards. But if this is so, how to explain the surprise-hit status of Fahrenheit 9/11? Simple. It too is a sequel: the latest in the continuing adventures of Michael Moore, populist rebel with a cause. Remember Bowling for Columbine, kids, when Mike confronted the gun lobby and vanquished an aged Charlton...
...Despite recent setbacks, Thailand is still probably the most successful country in the world in checking the spread of HIV. But AIDS flourish-es where attention lags, and attention is lagging not just in Thailand but in all of Asia, where 1 of every 4 new infections now occurs. HIV infection rates have hit new peaks in China, Indonesia and Vietnam. And in India, 5.1 million people are now thought to be HIV positive-making it second only to South Africa in number of cases. AIDS is not invincible, but it is relentless...
That is not the way it was supposed to be. Advocates of regime change in Iraq predicted before the war that the well-educated elite would flourish under new freedoms. Despite all the turmoil of the occupation, the graduates of Iraq's class of '04 may be standing on the cusp of a booming job market, as foreign companies arrive and the interim government taking office this month begins looking to hire thousands of skilled employees. And yet to the students planning their first career moves, those prospects seem remote. "Even if the government does everything that it has promised...
...executive, courts, police, parliament, army and media single-handedly, Gayoom proposed at a constitutional forum he convened in the capital, Mal?. Instead, there would be a Western-style separation of powers, with a Prime Minister, a Supreme Court and a strengthened legislature. Political parties would be allowed to flourish, and human rights would be safeguarded...
...external standards,” Lambert said, “this year may not have the same glorious flourish as last year, but in terms of personal growth and learning, I’ve accomplished a lot and the team has accomplished...