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...argue is that while sometimes the show comes off as overly whiny and annoying to watch (the Miami season, or the current New York season for example), it is definitely sometimes extremely successful. In one of the series’ most popular seasons, New Orleans, Julie created an incredible stir in the house as she attempted to define herself outside of her existence as an undeniably hard-core Mormon, and a student at the world’s premiere Mormon institution, Brigham Young University. Watching her change and become exposed to all the scandalous goings-on of her housemates...
...Japanese love to travel. The country is so small and the population so big that citizens go stir-crazy when cooped up in its packed cities for too long. And when they travel, they love to shop -- which makes Japanese tourists the most coveted guests the world over. Entire economies have sprung up around them, as in Hawaii, the No. 1 destination for Japanese visitors. Last year they spent $234 a day in the Aloha State, while their American counterparts parted with a measly $157. Without its spendthrift guests, Hawaii is feeling the pain. The 40% drop in Japanese tourists...
...says a businessman. 'We assume it will bring an improvement in the integrity of the government.' From Washington's viewpoint, however, pushing Fahd and family down the fast track to Westernization and democratization is a likely prescription for a Shah [of Iran]-like disaster. Swift liberalizations could easily stir religious extremists to revolt. 'If there's an internal threat to the kingdom,' says a U.S. expert on Saudi Arabia, 'it's from fundamentalists on the right, not liberalizers on the left...
...says a businessman. "We assume it will bring an improvement in the integrity of the government." From Washington's viewpoint, however, pushing Fahd and family down the fast track to Westernization and democratization is a likely prescription for a Shah [of Iran]-like disaster. Swift liberalizations could easily stir religious extremists to revolt. "If there's an internal threat to the kingdom," says a U.S. expert on Saudi Arabia, "it's from fundamentalists on the right, not liberalizers on the left...
...therefore perturbed by the confusion among Muslims who responded to the attack with a misplaced diatribe against the U.S. In Malaysia, the government-controlled media have been deployed to stir up anti-American sentiments, while members of the political Elite use a different language for international diplomacy. Certainly there are legitimate grievances against the U.S. and good reason for despondency over the fate of the Palestinians, who now face an even more arrogant Israel. But this is not the time for sermonizing or moralizing over U.S. foreign policy. Had we Malaysians been the victims of such a tragedy, we would...