Word: lite
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...what historian Ramachandra Guha calls "the failures of the Indian state." The country's 138 million Muslims, who comprise 13.4% of the population, are poorer and less educated than the rest of India and vastly underrepresented in both India's largest employer, the state railway system, and its élite civil service...
...changed his mind, say Floridians who know the committed conservative, is that he fears last month's election calamity could dilute the ideological purity of the Republican Party. In an interview this week with Newsmax.com, Bush, 55, the outgoing President's younger brother, warned the GOP against becoming "Democrat lite. We can't just 'get along.'" Despite his disdain for Washington, the Senate would at least "give Jeb a bully pulpit," says a friend. That could help him keep his party from falling too far into the centrist, bipartisan hands of new Republican leaders like his successor, Florida Governor Charlie...
...represents the affluent South Mumbai constituency, which bore the brunt of the terrorist attacks last week. The ruling party replaced outgoing Home Minister Patil with the much-respected Finance Minister P. Chidambaran. But like the government's proposal on Monday to recruit 500 new commandos to an élite counterterrorism unit, the reshuffle seems a little too late...
...than simply pouring unconditional U.S. aid into Pakistan and Afghanistan, Obama needs to federalize the assistance, working more closely with provincial and local leaders. And, as the U.S. did in Indonesia, in Pakistan and Afghanistan Obama should shift resources away from the regular army to fund a new, élite counterterrorism unit...
...mould has been cast / The radio’s in the bath / Yeah yeah yeah.” The song soars up into an ethereal, polyphonic Latin chorale reciting Smith’s sad tale before the guitars roar and begin a heavy-metal-lite reprise. The song returns to basic rhythm guitar and drums as J. Smith returns to earth and, despite his best efforts, continues to live.Perhaps no track best delivers the overriding pessimism of “Ode to J. Smith” as “Broken Mirror.” Stealing its synthesized start from...