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...group, Western journalists granted a rare visit to the North by Kim Jong Il's secretive regime, would get no closer to this supposedly showcase example of economic reform. The government's reluctance to show off anything that smacked of capitalism was symptomatic of an ominous new mood in Pyongyang. Recent baby steps toward reform and greater openness kindled a glimmer of hope that the North could be coaxed out of isolation. Now Kim, perhaps fearful that private enterprise and greater contact with the outside world would undermine his power, seems to have reversed course. Earlier this month, Pyongyang banned...
...shopping than in the weekend papers. In the end, however, too much was at stake for Gingrich's fate to be an easy call. Too many G.O.P. House members had fresh memories of how his unpopularity complicated their re-election campaigns last November. They were in no mood to be asked to put their reputations at further risk by giving him their unqualified support...
...have to be in the right mood for Of Montreal. The aggressively happy group will cheer you up whether you like it or not, which, as anyone with perky friends knows, is not always pleasant. Their tools are such songs as “Wraith Pinned to the Mist (and Other Games)” (ironically unrelated to wraiths, mist, or games), and the video for the same. Like anything so sugary, it can be both delicious and cavity-inducing...
...meaning, becoming a brief interlude of metamorphosis from your average Dilbert into feminine, um, beauty. He (she) attends a place called the “Trannyshack,” sings and dances on stage, and returns home, exhausted yet happy. There is a very visible change in mood, as he feels more comfortable as a woman, and appears much more natural and at ease...
...mood was high. A vigorous dialogue among students was being opened, and the College administration was sitting by attentively. The details could be hammered out later...