Word: magical
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...Mawurndjul is the Michelangelo of rarrk. "Through some kind of magic I am a chemist man," he has said...
...almost any artisanal bread. Recipes, which can run to five or six pages, provide exacting instructions on how to measure and mix the flours, water and yeast; how much to knead or mix by machine; how to create the right conditions to let the yeast work its fermentation magic (there are often two or three risings); and how to hand-sculpt the final product to help achieve the perfect crust and right mix of small and large holes in the interior...
Every now and then, magic can happen. It wasn't until Ronald Reagan demolished Jimmy Carter's repeated critique of his position on Medicare with "There you go again" that many Americans began to get comfortable with the idea of Reagan in the Oval Office. But more often, what voters take away from the debates is confirmation of their misgivings about a candidate: Richard Nixon's inner darkness, Gerald Ford's cluelessness, George H.W. Bush's aloofness, Gore's changeability...
Debt relief is NOT A MAGIC BULLET. The poor countries still need a lot of resources...
...money whatsoever." So even for countries that have benefited from debt relief, write-offs are only one step on the ladder out of poverty. And it's a small step. "Frankly, debt relief should be put in the proper perspective," says the World Bank official. "It's not a magic bullet. The poor countries still need a lot of resources." Writing off the remaining debts of the 27 countries that have qualified for the HIPC initiative would cost about $2.3 million a year, a small sum compared to the $50 billion in annual aid flowing to the developing world. Eclipsing...