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...This economics made flesh is not just terribly moving - though it certainly is that. It also produces a sense of intense pride in those who are living it. It is that sense of pride - quite palpable throughout Asia today - that provides the demand for respect, for influence, for the nations that have achieved such economic success to receive their just deserts...
...dystopian, that much of its natural environment is a poisoned wasteland, and that its government can be arbitrary and cruel. At the same time, never in human history are so many people improving their life chances so rapidly as in China today. Understandably, that is a source of immense pride to ordinary Chinese (not just in China, incidentally) and to their leaders. Sometimes this pride manifests itself as old-fashioned nationalism. But more usually it shows itself as a demand for recognition, for - to use that phrase again - just deserts. To be sure, Chinese leaders will often tell you that...
...Europe. Today, thanks to surging investment and exports, the Turkish economy is double the size it was in 2001, and the nation's financiers have been among the biggest beneficiaries of the boom. As Sabanci Dinçer says, with more than a touch of pride: "The banking system here is very healthy...
Paulson, Henry •lack of pride in botching of economy is declared...
...Palin is described as a "bresh of freth air" by •planetarium projector is astonishingly mentioned again by •potential of ACORN to destroy the very "fabric of democracy" is noted by •potential women voters are repelled by inopportune use of air quote marks by •pride in "the people who come to our rallies" - even, apparently, the loons who shout "Kill him!" in reference to Obama - is declared by •rejection by Obama of series of joint town hall meetings with is again blamed for negative tone of campaign by •"We've got them just where...