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...power game is being played and how national interest is defined. Loh Seng Hock Johor Bahru, Malaysia Stick Figures Despite the cheeky allusion to underpants in the headline, "I See London, I See France ..." [Oct. 9], what I immediately noticed in the pictures of the models sporting the new micro-minidresses were the painful grimaces on all their faces. Were they unhappy with the ridiculously short hemlines? Or were their bony legs barely strong enough to carry their torsos? Nick LaVecchia Parker, Texas...
Despite the cheeky allusion to underpants in the headline "I See London, I See France ..." [Oct. 9], what I immediately noticed in the pictures of the models sporting the new micro-minidresses were the painful grimaces on all their faces. Were they unhappy with the ridiculously short hemlines? Or were their bony legs barely strong enough to carry their torsos...
...With his micro-loans and group-lending strategy, Yunus uncovered a concept with the potential to drive progress and relieve poverty in emerging economies that no amount of philanthropy could achieve on its own. In doing so, he enabled women to propel themselves onto tracks of stability within the confines of their own culture. Last week, for these efforts, Yunus and Grameen Bank, which he founded to institutionalize the method he pioneered in Jobra, were awarded the Nobel Peace Prize...
...great aid to the recipient at the time it is given, but it does not build credit, savings, or consistent income. The next expense—for a funeral, or for food during a bad winter—may leave her family in a worse position than before. Micro-loans have demonstrated that helping people achieve long-term stability requires not just assets, but a change in ways of thinking...
Yunus and others like him have begun to link the global network of financial services to potential customers who have long been without it and are often both physically and metaphorically a world away. With each micro-loan they narrow this gap, convincing those at both ends of the mutual benefits that they see possible. They are modern explorers of a universe in which the best way to bridge a divide between two worlds is for each to take a step toward the other...