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...legacy of Malaysia's Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad as he steps down after 22 years in power was an informative report on the country's changes under his leadership [Oct. 20]. Despite all the criticisms leveled against him, it is undeniable that Mahathir truly put Malaysia on the world map. I can still remember when my parents, while traveling abroad, would have had a hard time explaining that Malaysia was located north of Singapore and south of Thailand. Those days are over. Despite Mahathir's sometimes controversial remarks about certain ethnic groups and foreign media or governments, Malaysia...
...says Sullivan, who met DeBergalis earlier this fall. “A lot of people didn’t take me seriously as a candidate…The fact that I did pretty well and lost in ’77 really helped me to put myself on a map. And I think the same thing has definitely happened with Matt this year. A lot of people didn’t know who the heck he was, and because of his very strong showing, clearly a lot of people are sitting up and taking notice...
...given me everything," Mallya tells the audience. "Money, big houses, fame. I want nothing more-except the chance to serve you." The crowd listens politely and begins to drift away-until the techno music starts to pound. A green laser beam projects images on a giant screen: first a map of India, then objects of desire, such as washing machines and pickup trucks. Dry-ice vapors envelop the stage. Engines rev. And a 25-car entourage whisks Mallya away, leaving behind a bewildered, speechless but thoroughly entertained crowd...
...Anybody would have to acknowledge it's a very rutted and bumpy map at present." Richard Armitage, U.S. Deputy Secretary of State, on the status of the "road map" for peace in the Middle East...
...first-years are loath to admit their ignorance, my declaration of citizenship went mostly unchallenged. Sometimes my fellow first-years, brows furrowed, would ask where Freedonia was, again, and—because these conversations generally took place over dinner in Annenberg—I’d sketch a map of the Balkans on a paper napkin...