Word: nationalism
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Still, the Bhutanese remain uncomfortable with the changes under way and especially with one basic political act: mudslinging. Bhutan is a fiercely traditional place, polite and formal. Slow vehicles pull over to let faster cars go by. Etiquette dictates that you wear formal clothes in the presence of the national flag. The vast majority of the nation's 700,000 people subscribe to ex-King Jigme Singye's emphasis on something he calls gross national happiness, which measures not just wealth but how content, healthy and well educated people are, as well as the state of the environment and strength...
...with its shifting place in the world. Squeezed between giants China and India, it has slowly opened up over the past few decades. There still may not be a single stoplight in the capital, Thimphu, but there are Internet cafés. Bhutan's royal leaders are prodding their tiny nation into the rushing stream of globalization. "The concerns of the nation are the same--everyone is aware of them," says Dorji Namgay, an engineer, during a visit to his home by Lyonpo Ugyen Tshering, then a candidate for the DPT. "And while our parents may not like to see ugly...
...approximate number of iconic red phone booths--one-third of the nation's total--that British telecom giant BT has removed in the past six years in response to decreased usage...
...made tremendous progress, there's no question about it, and people who say it's worse now can say that because they weren't here then. But he would be terribly disappointed with the behavior of the children of the black nation and all this anger that they feel...
...better nation 40 years later. We're free but not equal. We've won the laws against barbarism and indecency. Now we must focus on the economic investments to close the gaps--he talked about that...