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...entirely accessible. Compared to the villainous Bill Sykes, he’ll only idly threaten the youngsters who work so hard for him, without the capacity for any real violence. He’s obsessed with treasure, yet he understands that the “greatest sin is ingratitude.” He’s misunderstood, seen as a villain by most, but at heart a decent...
...self-righteous anger. An African-American friend, well acquainted with my political impatience, once said, "Joe, if you were black, you'd be in the streets with a machine gun." And so I can sympathize with Rangel and Belafonte-to a point. White racism is the original American sin; it helped create the culture of poverty that exists in places like New Orleans' Ninth Ward. And George W. Bush's dominant Republican Party was reborn in racism, having sided with Southern segregationists in the 1960s. But the tendency of some black baby boomers-the civil rights generation-to attempt...
...Tottenham Court Road find the adverts entertaining, according to Viacom Outdoor, which currently sells ad space on the London tube. "It's early days," says James Davies of Hyperspace. "And we don't want to alienate consumers or scare them." Indeed. Last week, a poster for the film Sin City became the first interactive ad to be banned by Britain's Advertising Standards Authority for allowing kids to see clips that were deemed too violent. But there might soon be subtler objections to rule on. If your Bluetooth is turned on, does that mean you're asking for spam? Some...
...Sin says: "It is always interesting to get another perspective on things...
Delisle gets assigned an official guide, Mr. Kyu, which all non- diplomatic foreigners must have, and a translator, Mr. Sin. These two become the only North Koreans that Delisle is allowed any extended contact with. In spite of this they remain - and I am going to use a loaded word here - inscrutable. Of their personal life we learn nothing. Of their feelings and opinions we learn almost as little, except when Mr. Kyu unwittingly borrows 1984, which Delisle slyly describes as "science fiction." Mr. Kyu later returns the book nervously but says little about it except that he "doesn...