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...Voigt claims there would be no unemployment in Germany if the government spent its money exclusively on Germans, and not on things like welfare payments to immigrants. "We succeeded in crystallizing the idea that we should not have a multiethnic society but a German society," he says. That troubling pitch attracted young, disaffected voters who have come of age during the post-reunification slump. Some 20% of first-time voters chose the NPD, according to Hajo Funke, an expert on right-wing extremism at the Free University of Berlin. "The NPD conceals its ideology by presenting itself as socially engaged...
...nervous eyes buried in their hands for the better part of a month, sat side-by-side with international students unfamiliar with the rules of the game. Together, we hung on Manny’s every swing, Zimmer’s every scowl, and Pedro’s every pitch and punch. The physical and emotional closeness of everyone in the room, regardless of rooting interest, could not have been possible if we had each watched the game separately from our desk chairs and futons. It was the swarms of exuberant fans streaming out of common rooms that created...
...might expect of an accomplished playwright, has a pitch-perfect ear for dialogue and a gift for dramatic scene setting. Some of his satirical barbs carry unforgettable sting, such as an episode in which Caracera tries to wrest Blueboy, the child whore, from the clutches of an American pederast who is spoon-feeding him ice cream at a sidewalk restaurant. Caracera's discomfort in the situation is presented exquisitely, leading him to ask the same questions about his own motives as have been nagging the reader...
...award-winning documentary filmmaker before turning feature-film director at 30. Today she's also a producer, a film professor at Columbia University and a horticulturist so fanatical that it's beginning to affect her day job. "They've rewritten the script for [author Nick Hornby's] Fever Pitch, and I love it," she says. "They've signed Drew Barrymore. But they want to do it next month, and I have to return to my garden. They can't believe that's the reason...
...history books. That's what could happen Sunday when Hong Kong votes for a new Legislative Council (Legco), the closest thing it has to representative government. The candidates touring neighborhoods on bicycles and in sound trucks are giving the population a clear choice. One group's pitch is that Hong Kong has enough democracy for now and that any more will only irritate the mandarins in Beijing?in other words, vote for us not to rock Hong Kong's boat. The other camp has ideals and chutzpah: it's demanding the power to directly elect Hong Kong's chief executive...