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...immigrant and that he was brought up mainly by middle-class whites whose culture is second nature to him. Although the Congressional Black Caucus, still strongly influenced by the civil rights generation, remains surprisingly liberal on immigration issues, the black middle class appears to harbor a hardening anti-immigrant sentiment--a Pew poll last year found that 54% of blacks see immigrants as a burden. More disturbing, however, is what that sentiment reveals about a growing pattern of self-segregation among the black middle class, many of whom, like the residents of Prince George's County, Md., seem to have...
...generals are trying to inoculate themselves against the Thaksin effect. Last September's military takeover was initially greeted with little public disapproval-even among Thai supporters of democracy-yet the junta has repeatedly warned the local press not to report on Thaksin, lest the coverage inflame public sentiment. A recent CNN interview with the former PM was blocked from Thai airwaves. Nor are foreign governments exempt. When Thaksin met last month with Singapore's deputy Prime Minister, Thailand angrily canceled a set of diplomatic meetings between the two countries. A few days later, CNS leader General Sonthi Boonyaratglin intimated that...
...That's a warm and fuzzy sentiment, yet Thaksin's own term of office was hardly without controversy. The conflict in the south escalated during Thaksin's tenure and was aggravated by his decision to unleash a heavy-handed military response with little attempt to win hearts and minds. Allegations of human-rights abuses, including the deaths of more than 2,000 people during three months of the 2003 war on drugs, made many wonder whether the former police lieutenant-colonel had taken the law into his own hands. The tax-free windfall from the sale of Shin Corp., which...
...what? Sing? [Laughs] No I haven't, nor have I heard the sentiment. William Shatner knows he can't sing...
...stunning performance. After a first act in which she seems to be a short-tempered drudge, this long-suffering mother gradually transmutes shrewishness and emotional blackmail into fidelity and a kind of noble forbearance. That transformation is the basic movement of the play. There is not a moment of sentiment or self-indulgence in Lavin's evocation, nor in the woman she is playing...