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...after years of staying to help his country?he is one of many Burmese leaving in desperation and disgust. It takes hundreds of dollars and months of waiting to get a passport, and the Rangoon office that issues them is now besieged by applicants. It helps to be male. Stung by foreign criticism that Burma is exporting sex workers, the regime now makes it nearly impossible for young women to go abroad. Ironically, this is fueling the local sex industry, which employs burgeoning numbers of painfully young girls...
...have to admit, it stung a little. When I picked up my New York Times last Tuesday morning, I immediately turned—like a good editorial columnist—to the op-ed page. And there staring back at me was David Brooks’ column, entitled “Stressed for Success?” The piece analyzed how “the [college] admissions process has gone totally insane” and why high school seniors should strive, as hard as it might be, to keep their college acceptances and rejections in proportion. So far, so good...
...Will It Help? Fat Chance Stung by criticism that it feeds obesity problems around the globe, McDonald's announced an end to its "supersize" meals by the end of the year...
...Stone said. “The game of women’s hockey just isn’t there anymore like it used to be, when you had some holidays in your season. We need to bring consistent preparation every day so we don’t get stung by anybody...
Capital Punishment After all the the spilt milk, Italian business may be about to start crying even harder over the Parmalat scandal. Stung by the €7 billion alleged fraud at the dairy firm, Italian banks are looking to tighten restrictions and raise risk premiums on loans to companies. And the domestic corporate-bond market has all but dried...