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...became something different, it became a fable with Mbeki as the inspiration for the book. The themes remained the same: how people feel close to someone in power who has possibly—or, in the case of the book, definitely—abused their power, and how complicity spreads or doesn’t spread. 12. FM: For a first-time novelist, you’ve gotten lots of kudos from the literary elite. Were you surprised by the response to this book? CD: You don’t know whether to trust the success and the nice things...
...said. “You have to give a child the best conditions from when they’re born so you can level the playing field.” She advocated for a strong state committed to following the country’s laws as a way to spread equality among citizens. She also promoted government regulation of the economy when it can help provide a more equal playing field. “It’s an honor to have such an intelligent president with such a clear idea of democracy that economics is not everything and people...
...government has embraced the Gallic tradition of nationalization, the French economy has itself been slowly and surely becoming très américaine. As a result, the impulse to utter "I told you so" is being checked for now by fear that the rot is bound to spread...
...against a faceless and apparently malevolent enemy in the sky. More efficient and humane would be to deploy additional soldiers in areas where the Taliban is suspected to hide. President Bush has already promised one additional brigade, but more will be needed to help the 33,000 troops already spread thin across a country one and a half times as large as its westerly neighbor. Adding more troops to Afghanistan may sound suspiciously like the Iraqi “surge”, but the primary aim in this case would be development rather than security. The focus in Afghanistan right...
...scandal has also spread beyond the mainland. On Sep. 18, Hong Kong's government ordered a recall of all products made by Yili, one of China's largest dairy producers, after melamine was found in nine of the company's products. There have been no reports of any sickness among Hong Kong babies caused by those products. But the local Center for Food Safety said only two glasses of the tainted Yili milk per day could be enough to cause health problems in young children...