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...that the legal system has misunderstood them. What sets Turow's opinion apart from run-of-the-mill sour grapes is what he has made of it: serious fictional portraits of the present moment, when moral authority is collapsing and the law has become, for better and worse, the sole surviving arena for definitions of acceptable behavior. Disputes that once might have been resolved by fisticuffs or a few intense minutes in the confessional or private negotiations between squabbling clans now tend to wind up as lawsuits. The old ways form a staple of conventional novels; the newer courtroom focus...
...MacFarquhar cautions that American pressure may have little effect on aging Chinese leaders who feel trapped by events beyond their control and whose sole ambition is to die while still holding the reigns of power...
...assassination, most of his mourners seemed to blame the Indian government. In answer to the question "Who killed Muhammad Farooq?" the crowd roared back, "Jagmohan!" referring to the hard-line governor appointed by New Delhi in January to stamp out the 22-month-old rebellion in India's sole state with a Muslim majority. On Friday the governor resigned, and will be replaced by Girish Saxena, Prime Minister V.P. Singh's security adviser on Kashmir...
...bullying India? That issue has provoked rising tension between the two countries since last month, when the U.S. singled out India as the sole target on a hit list of unfair trading partners. The U.S. trade deficit with India last year was only $851 million, or 2% of the imbalance between the U.S. and Japan. But Japan and Brazil, the two other countries cited last year along with India on the same hit list, were removed this year as a reward for entering into talks with the U.S. to lower some trade barriers. India, however, has refused to negotiate...
...series of FCC hearings earlier this year, a parade of city officials and consumers charged that local cable systems (which in nearly all cases are the sole providers of cable for their areas) have been acting like arrogant monopolies. Deregulation has "created a monster on the loose," said Edward Quaglia, mayor of Herrin, Ill., where cable rates have risen 125% since 1986. Three months ago, New York became the first state to pass consumer-protection legislation aimed at penalizing cable abuses. And last week the New York City board of estimate, in a preliminary vote, refused to renew the Manhattan...