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Third Eye Blind since my eighth-grade formal, when I prayed as I looked down at the top of my date’s head that our slow-dance to “Deep Inside of You” might never end. But, really, even then I knew those halcyon days of ill-fitting retainers and skipping lunch period to read “The Bell Jar” and pity myself had to come to an end. Which is why I’m kind of confused—3EB? This millenium? Really? Like, they’re totally...
Just looking at the numbers, these should be halcyon days for Vietnam's fledgling banking industry. The country's economy is booming-GDP surged 8.2% last year-and there's a vast pool of potential customers: only 8% of Vietnam's 85 million people even have bank accounts. At Sacombank, one of Vietnam's private commercial lenders, profits shot up 50% last year, and depositors doubled to 350,000. But Nguyen Quang Trung, Sacombank's deputy director, is anything but complacent. "We have to expand quickly throughout the country," Trung says. "We need to build capital. Our whole banking sector...
...Remember those halcyon days when feminism had something to fight for, like the segregation of the sexes between Radcliffe and Harvard? Over the past six decades, the campus has seen that distinction weaken and slowly slip into the realm of history. In the beginning, courses and housing became gender-integrated. And by the 1990s, the only remaining distinction—the name on the degrees women and men were awarded—was eliminated...
...Baghdad. Otherwise we would have to rely on the ever-optimistic, honeyed official government reports, which would have us believe Iraq will soon be free of anarchy, death and destruction?a claim that has been made since that MISSION ACCOMPLISHED banner was displayed behind President Bush in the halcyon days of May 2003. Philip A. Roe Stamford Bridge, England...
...Baghdad. Otherwise we would have to rely on the ever optimistic, honeyed official government reports, which would have us believe Iraq will soon be free of anarchy, death and destruction - a claim that has been made since that mission accomplished banner was displayed behind President Bush in the halcyon days of May 2003. Philip A. Roe Stamford Bridge, England Ghosh's story made me believe there are only two ways to deal with the mess in Iraq. One is withdrawal of all the troops and letting the Iraqis sort it out, which is unacceptable. The other is partition with cooperation...