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...human rights activists worldwide after the military junta slaughtered democracy protesters in 1988 and voided the 1990 election. Increasingly isolated economically, the regime has dramatically expanded its reliance on forced civilian labor for infrastructure and revenue-generating projects. By 1996 an estimated 3% of Burma's GDP was the fruit of conscripted gangs. In an additional, cruel twist, many of the soldiers themselves - part of a mobilization that expanded the army from 185,000 troops to nearly half a million today - were little more than child slaves. Sein Win was press-ganged into service at age 12. He wasn...
...Despite all the exercise, altitude lessens most appetites. Meals on the mountain consisted of canned soup and then a serving of pasta or stew plus lots of fruit. It was good and hearty, but sometimes you had to force yourself to eat knowing that your body needed the energy even if you weren?t hungry. Chocolate bars and high energy snacks are a must...
...Pretty much all middle class parents want the fruit of their loins to be bright. Not geniuses mind, because they're a pain the tail to bring up - high-maintenance, moody, have-to-be-entertained-all-the-time. Ghastly. Nobody could dispute the greatness of Albert Einstein, but if he refused to wear socks even as an adult, can you imagine trying to get him dressed in time for school...
...play hardball over market access. Last year, after Japan slapped duties on Chinese mushrooms and leeks, Beijing retaliated with 100% tariffs on Japanese cars, cell phones and air conditioners--a spat resolved only last month. In the U.S., Chinese apple concentrate and dehydrated garlic imports have surged, and Chinese fruit and vegetable exports to other Asian nations have eroded U.S. market share...
...player-development program won them jobs guiding national teams, professional clubs - and occasionally, as in Troussier's case, improving the entire structure of a country's soccer system. Troussier's three-year drive to recast the Japan Football Association a la français has already begun to bear fruit: under the 46-year-old Frenchman's guidance, perennial under-achiever Japan has compiled a respectable record of 18 wins, 11 draws and 10 losses...