Word: kuan
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...ideals have too often been trampled by greed or myopic self-interest. But the positive impact they have had on the world cannot be denied. Asia has risen to new heights of wealth and power partly because of American policy, consumers and corporate practices. As Singapore's patriarch Lee Kuan Yew once told me, "Without the United States providing security and stability throughout the region, there would have been no growth...
Safire was always keen to stress the libertarian part of his political belief, which led him into interesting waters. He was a longtime adversary of Lee Kuan Yew, the leader of Singapore and a man much admired by un-adjectivally qualified conservatives, for what he saw as Lee's illiberal tendencies toward the press and opponents. At the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, in 1999, Safire had a long interview with Lee, which was posted online. It's still worth reading as an example of two first-class minds going at it hammer and tongs. He was critical...
This unwillingness to engage with the rest of the world - to risk the sense of security that it enjoys within its own borders - led Kishore Mahbubani, dean of the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the National University of Singapore, to reply to Rachman's column by saying that Europe was a "political dwarf in ... the rapidly changing geopolitical environment." There's an element of truth to the charge, but it goes too far. For one thing, it ignores the triumphant role of exemplar that the European Union has played in the last two decades. Yes, the pettifogging...
...second movement began with a sweet, floating melody, with sparkling duets from the flutes and oboes. Later, the mood changed to a spooky, swaying sound from the strings, punctuated by elegant solos from the harpist (Krysten A. Keches ’10) and principal first violinist (Aaron T. Kuan ’09). The piece ended with a heavy march that was brimming with energy; Yannatos led the orchestra like a train over hills and through valleys. Like in “Flying Machine,” the orchestra was propelled by momentum, its different parts combining and growing into...
...It’s unrealistic to expect to get the best of both worlds,” Kuan says. “There’s a finite amount of time...