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It was a very Hong Kong occasion. The weather was stifling, the air pollution was awful, and the crowd?carrying digital cameras and mobile phones, without which no self-respecting Hong Kong person is properly dressed?was polite and well mannered almost to a fault. But proud, too. "This is...
It was a very Hong Kong occasion. The weather was stifling, the air pollution was awful, and the crowd?carrying digital cameras and mobile phones, without which no self-respecting Hong Kong person is properly dressed?was polite and well mannered almost to a fault. But proud, too. "This is...
Americans seem to take pride in giving themselves one of two labels, Republican or Democrat. On the occasion of Reagan's death, it was refreshing to witness the divisive labels dropped for a common descriptor: American. As a Canadian, I was moved by the displays of Americans' patriotism?men and...
Jefferson was appalled by this practice from an early stage of his career. In 1784 he wrote to James Madison about the Barbary depredations, saying, "We ought to begin a naval power, if we mean to carry on our commerce. Can we begin it on a more honorable occasion or...
Americans seem to take pride in giving themselves one of two labels, Republican or Democrat. On the occasion of Reagan's death, it was refreshing to witness the divisive labels dropped for a common descriptor: American. As a Canadian, I was moved by the displays of Americans' patriotism--men and...