Word: hermitization
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...hermit kingdom is poking its nose out of its shell. Senior State Department officials are surprised by how North Korea has begun to reach out to other countries over the past few months. Pyongyang recently established formal diplomatic ties with Italy, Brunei and the Philippines, and is discussing normalized relations with Japan and Australia. "Dear Leader" KIM JONG IL, who celebrated his 58th birthday last week by opening a consulate in Hong Kong, is even warming to the old enemy--he held a personal meeting last October with Hyundai executives from South Korea. According to U.S. diplomats, Kim finally realized...
...Hermit Kingdom is poking its nose out of its shell. Senior State Department officials are surprised by how North Korea has begun to reach out to other countries over the past few months. Pyongyang recently established formal diplomatic ties with Italy, Brunei and the Philippines, and is discussing normalized relations with Japan and Australia. "Dear Leader" Kim Jong Il, who celebrated his 58th birthday last week by opening a consulate in Hong Kong, is even warming to the old enemy - he held a personal meeting last October with Hyundai executives from South Korea...
...South Central Los Angeles who lies on his bed staring up at paint chips on his ceiling; or for the pale girl gazing out a high-floor window in one of those blazing office towers at a pale boy in the tower opposite, gazing back; or for the bearded hermit crouching near the statue of a general on horseback in a city park and talking on a cell phone that does not exist...
...like I've walked into the closing scene of a tectonic morality play. Overhead, lights are just swinging into place over the balcony's edge. A crowd of performers is milling in the wings, brocaded and beribboned. In the pit a harpsichordist is bent over his instrument like a hermit at his orisons, wielding the tiny crucifix of a tuning key. A Cupid darts across the unclothed scene, her bow unstrung and one wing dangling. Someone jostles the stringed spear of a chitarrone, and two primped and padded militaries saunter on stage left. This is the dress rehearsal of Cavalli...
...fact, becoming a hermit could be the only responsible strategy to save the country, both economically and politically. The withdrawal of Nigerian troops from elaborate United Nations peace-keeping missions in Liberia, Sierra-Leone and other troubled regions would save a lot of money and show Nigerians and the world that Obasanjo is willing and able to trim the military down to size. Nigeria does not need a huge military and neither can the country afford one. Let the rich and stable countries supply the troops for UN missions, thank...