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...reformer and an ostensible supporter of Thailand's pro-democracy 1997 constitution. But Thaksin's first year in office has been characterized by the sort of top-down management style that might work in the boardroom but seems autocratic almost anywhere else. By absorbing other minority parties, his Thai Rak Thai party now has a two-thirds majority in the assembly, which could allow constitutional changes after a five-year moratorium on amendments expires in October. Thaksin has claimed he had nothing to do with the press crackdowns, but few believe his underlings would be operating without his approval...
...hadn't, and weren't charged with violating Thailand's l?se majest? laws.) One of the ways he came to power was promising to give every Thai village about $23,000. He did?but now most of that money has been spent. In a by-election last month, Thai Rak Thai won only four of the 14 House of Representatives seats contested. Thais knew their leader was adept with carrots. Now they're seeing how he wields a stick...
...vast, bankable successes. His election campaign inculcated in Thais the idea that if he could make billions for himself, then surely he could generate a few thousand baht for the bar girls, farmers and noodle sellers. During his campaign, almost every neighborhood seemed festooned with his Thai Rak Thai (Thai Love Thai) party's red, blue and white logo, and the Bangkok taxi drivers and Chiang Mai tuk tuk operators would flash you a grin and a thumbs-up when you mentioned his name. "Thaksin make money," they would say, "Thaksin make money for Thai people...
Among the experts who agree is Yoel Rak, an anatomist at Tel Aviv University. He believes "Neanderthals have nothing to do with our history." They may well have become extinct, he says, because they were too highly specialized -- probably well adapted to survive the frigid temperatures of Ice Age Europe. But when such conditions change, he notes, "the highly specialized creatures are at a tremendous disadvantage...
While the tutor was out of the room, thepoliceman arrived and got into a shouting matchwith Shustorovich. Rak returned, and the policemanleft but took down both Shustorovich and Pierce'sbursar's card numbers before departing...