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...thrills the media and public - and ensures he's already gone on to the next activity by the time people start asking questions about the results of the last one. Sarkozy must now get down to the often uncomfortable task of doing what's right rather than what's popular. Governing isn't a theatrical, superficial task...
...explicit platform of major change and praise for hard work, discipline, tax cuts and even the United States. His victory suggests that the French are more open to change than conventional wisdom held. Moreover, Sarkozy is blessed - in part due to his own cleverness in co-opting the most popular Socialists - with a hopelessly divided and demoralized opposition, unlikely to be able to challenge him anytime soon. And for all the rhetoric about making a "clean break" with the past, an image reinforced by the frenetic pace of the workaholic new President, Sarkozy seems well aware of the need...
...Malaysia is hardly unique in Asia for the ubiquity of pirated DVDs. The U.S.-based MPA estimated that in 2005 its six member studios lost $1.2 billion to Asian movie pirates. In Shanghai, where I used to live, a popular shop called Movie World started up in March offering thousands of bootleg DVDs to a mainly foreign clientele. But competition is fierce in China. The next week another store opened for business across the street. Its English name? Even Better Than Movie World...
...across Malaysia, netting 5 million counterfeit DVDs. Lucky and Flo's effort will likely boost this year's bootleg count. But walking around Kuala Lumpur during the dogs' visit, I saw little evidence that video pirates were running scared. Vendors openly hawked copies of recent Hollywood hits along with popular films from India's film industry, Bollywood. Many of the covers featured misspellings - Judd Apatow's Knicked Up, anyone? - but at $3 each, it's still a buyer's market...
...story [Aug. 27]. The saddest aspect of Diana's destiny is that if Prince Charles had devoted to Diana one-tenth of the affection and support he has lavished on Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, Diana would probably still be alive, and the two would be a formidable team as popular parents of two royal princes and as King- and Queen-in-waiting. Diana was an invaluable asset to the British monarchy and a leading light for many humanitarian causes. Her tragic death is an incalculable loss for us all. Karl H. Pagac, Villeneuve-Loubet, France...