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...surprising that some of the educated classes in the U.S. grow more desperate to reconstruct the ideological framework needed to justify the country’s determining role in maintaining this disparity, much to the misery of Palestinians and Israelis. Overall, this ideological task is transparent. First comes the staid narration of the fall of Oslo because the Palestinians inexplicably refused the magnanimous “Barak Plan” giving the Palenstinians “90 percent of the West Bank.” Obscured are the actual terms of the plan “inexplicably rejected...
...papered over by soaring revenue growth. Computer sales growth in China will shrink to as little as 5% this year from 27% last year. While faster growth will return with an upturn in China's economy, the market may be settling in for a period of solid, albeit more staid, annual gains...
...newcomer, and the irresistible ways her name could be used in headlines (KEYS TO SUCCESS, KEYS TO VICTORY, etc.), made it easy to overlook the four awards won by U2 and the surprising five won by the sound track to O Brother, Where Art Thou. The show proved relatively staid in behavior and dress, which means we'll have to wait until the Oscars for the real excess...
...HONG KONG We know Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa is trying to spice up his staid public image, but is that really an excuse for planting his website next to a porn palace? The territory was scandalized to discover that chtung.com?a mere three letters away from his official site chtung.org?is stuffed with links to hard-core pornography inviting intrepid web surfers to explore "Exotic Redheads" and "Asian Heat." (Or so we've, um, been told.) Tung's staff has no plans to buy out the site, but that might change if a "Foxy Regina Ip" link shows...
...smooth opening, Frankie switched instruments and tempos, kicking into sizzling Latin mode with a cut from his new album A.S., dedicated to Arturo Sandoval. Here the rhythm section began to show its chops. The percussionists (drum and conga players) performed a rocking and driving solo that got the previously staid audience vibrating in their seats. The pianist—playing on a Yamaha with a sound as bright as its polished finish—thumped out a series of chromatic arpeggios that got the audience pumping. But the peak was naturally Frankie’s sharp and tuneful playing that...