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...Garbage Jeff Israely's article "A dearth of courage" depicted quite well the meanness and shortsightedness of Italian politicians [Feb. 4]. But it did not make evident the dramatic consequences arising from such a lack of courage and decisions. The last center-left government not only did nothing to slow the rising prices of basic commodities but also worsened the situation by increasing taxes. Everybody is struggling with meager salaries or pensions, while members of the ruling class enjoy enormous incomes and a lot of benefits. Everywhere one can feel the contempt that ordinary people nourish toward politicians in this...
...Garbage Jeff Israely's article "A Dearth of Courage" depicted quite well the meanness and shortsightedness of Italian politicians [Feb. 4]. But it did not make evident the dramatic consequences arising from such a lack of courage and decisions. The last center-left government not only did nothing to slow the rising prices of basic commodities but also worsened the situation by increasing taxes. Everybody is struggling with meager salaries or pensions, while members of the ruling class enjoy enormous incomes and a lot of benefits. Everywhere one can feel the contempt that ordinary people nourish toward politicians in this...
...experience that Eve demonstrates by eating from the tree of knowledge. In order to instill this desire in his listeners, Johnson uses two of his strongest songs, “Angel” and “What You Thought You Need,” to remind us to slow down and appreciate the journey because “it’s all for the sake of arriving here.” Though this album features a more complicated message than the feel-good tunes that populated Johnson’s earlier work, the musical style is quite similar...
...surge has not yet effected the political changes that its proponents had anticipated. “The Maliki government hasn’t made the needed political reforms that were supposed to come with the surge,” Zinni said. “Political reconciliation has been slow in coming, and the surge is unsustainable, despite the desires of [Secretary of Defense Robert M.] Gates.” Zinni also defended comments made by Republican presidential candidate John McCain, who suggested that American troops may be in Iraq for 100 years. “I don?...
...clean up Bangladesh's rampant corruption, fix its institutions and hold clean elections. One year on and there is no doubt the government has begun the work it set itself: two former prime ministers are in jail awaiting trial, hundreds of other senior officials have been arrested, and the slow if important work of overhauling some of Bangladesh's broken state bodies is underway...