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...While Prapa herds her children into class, Principal Mayakoh hunches over a two-way radio issued by the local education department. Before long, it crackles to life: a Buddhist official has been wounded by four gunmen about a mile away. Mayakoh is a short, gray-haired man who looks worried even when he's smiling. But he says he's hopeful. Ban Bukoh's people make a modest living tapping rubber and growing bananas, rice and coconuts, yet parents have already raised 5,400 baht (about $160)-the equivalent of a monthly salary in these parts-to build a temporary...
...economics strides during the last decade are well known. Even though it’s only been two years since my previous visit to Shanghai, China’s progress is undeniable. In addition to having scores of new skyscrapers, the city is now also considerably cleaner. Granted, a gray haze still blankets the sky on most days, but large cities like Shanghai have made a concerted effort to reduce pollution and construct beautiful public parks amidst the downtown buildings...
...headed for a crushing defeat in the Diet Upper House election on July 29-and the Prime Minister himself could be forced to resign just 10 months into his tenure-pop into the social-welfare office in Tokyo's central Minato ward. Most days you'll find a gray brigade of angry Japanese voters who want to know where their pensions have gone-and they want to know now. In May the opposition Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) revealed that records of up to 50 million pension accounts had been misplaced and couldn't be connected to their owners...
...Cumberland County Fair in New Jersey last week, a gray-haired fellow in a grouchy mood complained to his buddy, "We're walking in freakin' circles!" So true--bulb-blinking, sweet-and-sour circles of life...
...where fragrant ripening grapes hung heavy above her and she sat on creaky white wicker chairs. "There," she said, "I'm in a dear, old-fashioned summer home." And she often sat in twilight on the Truman Balcony to watch the Washington Monument fade from a delicate pink to gray. "It is such a beautiful thing," she said. So was she. With reporting by Hilary Hylton/Austin