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...which grew by 10.4% in the last quarter?may owe more to last year's bounteous monsoon than to enlightened business reform. But the BJP has had the wit to adapt its message of strident Hindu nationalism to a more mature one of prosperous peace with Pakistan and loud pride in India's growing economic heft...
...Indians pride themselves on having one of the world's most open democracies, but an unwritten agreement honored by its media ensures that exposing the love lives of the country's leaders remains taboo. So when the purported sexual peccadilloes of the nation's first?and most important?Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, inspire a new novel, you'd expect Indians to be astonished and appalled. Unless, of course, its author is Khushwant Singh. One of India's oldest and most respected writers, Singh also ranks among its smuttiest, and his compatriots are long used to being astonished and appalled...
...can’t tell you how happy and how honored I am to be in your presence,” Williams said to the student honorees, choking back tears as he expressed his pride of the black Harvard...
Some politicians are proud to reduce spending on education, but their pride is severely misplaced. If the United States is to remain competitive in the world and continue to expand the economy, more Americans must be able to attend college. The House ought to be ashamed about its recent attempts to reduce students’ ability...
...plans for a political transition on June 30 will somehow thwart Shi'ite claims to a rightful share of power. On the streets in the Khadamiyah neighborhood of Baghdad, al-Sadr's outspoken defiance made quiescent Shi'ites feel good. Militia guarding a Shi'ite shrine were giddy with pride in standing up to the Americans. Even those who trusted Sistani's wisdom were frustrated by his silence. "The Americans are listening to us," said one, "and they are scared...