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...travel experience like no other [Jan. 14]. Hope seemed present: a "unification flag" flew outside our hotel and a KOREA AS ONE banner unfurled during an evening circus show drew the loudest applause of the night. As for generations past who cycled through Hitler's Germany or crossed the Iron Curtain, it's certainly true that traveling to North Korea entails a moral decision. But I think it important that people see inside this controversial nation and that curious North Koreans continue to get glimpses of the West. David Mack, Sydney...
...believe the Fed rate cuts - past and future - are part of what it calls the "Great Global Monetary Easing of 2008," which will begin to spur a new round of worldwide growth next year. But getting from here to there is going to be painful. Demand for everything from iron ore mined in western Australia to toys manufactured in southeastern China is already slowing, because for the first time in decade, the "key driver of the global economy, the U.S. consumer, seems to have finally thrown in the towel," says Xie. If that's true - if the American consumer...
...longer dependent upon U.S. trade and can continue to power strong global growth even as the U.S. staggers. "There's no question the slump in the U.S. will hurt [Asia's] exports badly," says Shanghai-based independent economist Andy Xie. Indeed, demand for such diverse goods as iron ore mined in Australia and toys manufactured in China is already slowing, because for the first time in a decade the "key driver of the U.S. economy, the consumer, seems to have finally thrown in the towel," says Xie. If true - and the economic data increasingly suggest that it is - the party...
...calligraphy was based on Saddam Hussein's own handwriting, and for many who suffered most under his iron fist - especially the Kurds - the flag came to symbolize his repressive rule. As I look at the Iraqi flag hanging on the wall in my office in New York, I can understand their resentment. Even holy words can seem profane when they are uttered (or, in this case, written) by the embodiment of evil...
...inspire the masses? Barbara Jordan never had broad nationwide appeal. Eleanor Roosevelt never ran for office in her own right. Indira Gandhi, Golda Meir, Margaret Thatcher, Mary Robinson, and Benazir Bhutto might have been described as inspirational, but mostly as a result of their strength of character and iron will in the face of war and other major crises...