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...million government headquarters on the harbor's southern edge, has run into criticism that the new development is unnecessary and will aggravate downtown gridlock. Tsang counters that his administration has been productive: "We have passed nearly 300 pieces of legislation of one kind or other. People just listen to one piece of law being a stumbling block, without realizing that a lot of things are going through every day." He admits that "some things I tried to do did not come through," but adds, "I am patient...
...found common ground with his Socialist opponents to promote the proposed European constitution, which was nevertheless voted down in a May 2005 referendum by a huge majority. Strikes and riots regularly convulse France. For Bayrou, it's all proof that the nation's political leadership no longer bothers to listen to the people. "For a long time in France there's been an absence of real democracy," he says. "The system is locked down by an élite...
...witnessing the murder of her family and villagers by Salvadoran soldiers in 1981, Rufina Amaya, sole survivor of the El Mozote massacre, might have withered. Instead, in defiance of the governments of the U.S. and El Salvador, which denied the atrocity, she supplied graphic details to anyone who would listen. Her accounts prompted front-page stories in the Washington Post and the New York Times and ramped up congressional debate over U.S. aid to El Salvador. In the end, the U.S. continued to support its ally, which in the '90s passed a law exempting the army from prosecution. But Amaya...
...this respect, her personality one-ups her voice. The craziness comes through in the words, but not the melodies. You listen to “Tears Dry On Their Own,” but they’ve all already fallen and dried. When Winehouse opts for smooth, tasteful jazz as in her sixth track, “Love Is A Losing Game,” she sounds more like Nancy Wilson than a rebel-punk Mary J. Blige. If she’s willing to go balls-to-the-walls tasteless in her lyrics, why not take...
...South Africans found ourselves faced with the puzzle of getting along in our new democracy, despite our many differences and troubled history, we were able to thread the needle, thanks largely to the good sense that seems to come with a few gray hairs. Young Europeans need to listen to those who are older and wiser. While you may have sought to include this point in your analysis, it was a bit lost amid the flush of beautiful young faces that graced the cover. Greg Ender, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa...