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...book with the epidemic of farmer suicides that have hit rural India, South Korea and the United States, depicting a grim picture of despair and debt, and conclusively dispelling the strangely persistent myth of farming as some sort of pastoral pleasure. He then argues that the past century's lowering of trade barriers and opening of agricultural markets, with the help of bodies like the WTO and the World Bank, have wrested control of the land and what grows on it from the hands of farmers and have given it to corporations and bureaucrats. Supermarket procurement desks, he writes...
...soldier whose psychological-warfare expertise and loyalty to predecessor Ne Win won him promotions. Still, there may be some cracks in the military's façade. "Than Shwe or senior military leaders might not care about international opinion or the feelings of the people, but some middle- and lower-ranking officers surely do," says Win Min, a Burmese military analyst based in northern Thailand. "These younger officers don't want to be hated by the people for the next 30 years...
...President Bush and House GOP leaders now siding against poor sick kids? Because a Democratic bill would enlarge the program--by hiking tobacco taxes--to include children of lower-middle-class and of even slightly more affluent folks who, say, recently lost their jobs and can't make ends meet. The $35 billion expansion, critics warn, is the Dems' first step toward socialized medicine. "Their proposal would move millions of children who now have private health insurance into government-run health care," says Bush, whose promised veto could come as early...
Everyscape mapped San Francisco earlier this year and plans to release streetscapes of Boston and New York later this fall. And Viacom recently released an early version of a Lower East Side virtual world aimed at music aficionados...
...it’s not too hot, not too cold, all you need is a light jacket. Best way for a guy/girl to get your attention: Know the score of the Sox game. Where to find you on a Saturday night: Look for the really tall girls, then look lower. First thing you notice about a guy/girl: Confidence. Your best pick-up line: I bet I can beat you in a one-on-one. Best or worst lie you’ve ever told: “Don’t worry about those pics, no one?...