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...people will tell you that volunteering is the best way to start conversations. There's no alcohol, you're doing charitable work, and you don't have your eye on somebody across the room. It's more altruistic, and you'll probably find like-minded people. So I would say let your nature be your guide as to where you're going to look. There are all types of ways of meeting new groups of people. And if you select the right ... you know what? I'm boring myself. Please help me out here...
...Beethoven, or just one string quartet? What happens is when you do a category like that, the discussion often deteriorates in a good way into actual substantive conversation. But it takes work to talk to a bore. And you have to save yourself at some point. I always say, Keep an empty glass - that's an old formula. If you're standing up, make sure your glass is near empty at all times. That can lead to drunkenness, though...
What would you say to the standard piece of advice about staying away from talk about religion and politics? I think it's better to go very gently out onto thin ice if you don't know your context. If there's a chance that you may offend, I suggest that religion and politics - religion especially these days - is an arena of conversation that should be entered very gingerly...
...say those impatient for double digit growth. Take agriculture. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and many farmers struggling against debt, rising expenses and stagnant yields, have called for a second Green Revolution. But for this, India will probably need the help of biotechnology, a discipline in which India has the potential to be a world leader. Because India allows protests and debate, though, pro-industry rulings are often overturned. (See a special report on the science of appetite...
...flag like, well, a 20-year-old kid who was his luge-obsessed country's first men's gold medal in a dozen years - the awful memories of last week's accident still loomed. "It's always there," said Moeller after winning his silver medal. "Lots of my teammates say they can't look at the pictures from the accident ... It was a dark day for luge, and hard for all of us."(See pictures of the 2010 Vancouver Olympics...