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...read Mehta's book, by chance, a few weeks ago in Rio de Janeiro, where 700 favelas, or officially designated slums, spread across the hillsides and seem ready to mud-slide down and swallow up the Sheraton hotel and the condo blocks beneath them. According to one Brazilian friend, 400,000 people arrive at the city's bus station every year, seeking a new life, only to find that all the jobs and houses?and lives?have been taken up by others like themselves. They can survive only by joining the underworld, and a child is seen as irresponsible...
...over two years ago, the country's road death count was the highest in Europe at more than 8,000 per year. But over the summer, the number of road fatalities fell by 13.7% compared to the same period last year. The drop came on the back of a slide of more than 20% between 2002 and 2003, from 7,242 to 5,731. The main reason: a big drop in speeding. Since the first quarter of 2002, the number of motorists exceeding the limit by at least 10 km/h has fallen by 15%. What convinced a nation known...
...that government texts so assuredly predict in two party presidential systems like our own. The contradiction in this presidential election—Democrats favoring “muscular internationalism” Republicans preaching “Compassion”—reflects not merely the usual slide to the center, but a profound confusion in our country as a whole. Americans are stuck in a Blue State-Red State rut and profess a deep division over just about everything. The past two presidential campaigns were particularly good indicators of this growing polarization. In practice, all of this means that...
Bush's problem, as anyone in Ohio or Pennsylvania will tell you, is jobs. Even after recent gains, company payrolls have 913,000 fewer workers than when Bush took office. The worst hit came right after 9/11, with 1 million jobs lost, but the slide persisted throughout the recovery. Most voters don't watch GDP numbers, but they know how many of their neighbors are home watching TV on a Wednesday afternoon. "They just look around and see what's going on and use that to decide how to vote," says Ray Fair, a Yale University professor who has made...
...perform strongly in such categories as Bob and Judy's Children, Bob and Judy's Finances, The Little Things Bob and/or Judy Do That Really Annoy Bob and/or Judy, and Who Are These People in the Pictures in Bob and Judy's Photo Albums? Ken still wins. Ratings slide...