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...just grotesque fantasy. Now You're One of Us, which was originally published in 1993, as divorce rates in Japan were soaring, is also high-wire social commentary. It's a parodic rebuke of traditional cultural attitudes that subsume individual welfare for the sake of a family unit, no matter how dysfunctional (or possibly, in Noriko's case, homicidal) they...
...people at all? Obama is just as white as he is black. Why is Obama's father considered African American while his mother is usually referred to as white rather than European American? This is where our society's tendency to label people becomes a problem. It shouldn't matter whether Obama is black or white. What does matter is whether he will be a good leader and work with Congress to get something accomplished. When election time comes, I will not vote for an African American. I will not vote for a white person. I will vote...
...perhaps more solid result, because it jibes with the parties' priorities, is Princeton political scientist Larry Bartels' finding that income inequality increases more under Republicans than under Democrats. But a case can also be made that it doesn't matter who's in charge. A study of political leadership and economic growth around the world by economists Ben Jones of Northwestern University and Ben Olken of Harvard found that changes at the top made a big difference--but only in dictatorships...
...Given the embarrassment of riches, it was only a matter of time before Democratic voters looked at the choice between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton and asked the question, Why not both...
...that is about to change. Intrepid investors will not have to brave car bombs, checkpoints or interminable traffic jams much longer. In the next two months, all investors - foreign and Iraqi - will be able to buy and sell in a matter of minutes, once the ISX's computers and servers are switched on. Servers, computers and electronic boards have arrived but are not yet operational. Three backup generators will make sure the market will be running nonstop, despite widespread electrical brownouts across the Iraqi capital...