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...developing nations can expand their underachieving economies while finally narrowing their often epic gaps between rich and poor. It has nurtured top-flight industrial giants like regional jet-maker Embraer, and 52% of its people are now in the middle class. And it is taking tentative but ever surer steps at asserting itself on the diplomatic front in global as well as hemispheric affairs. (Read about Brazil's higher-profile diplomatic role...
...generation would rent property and only some of us would eventually be able to buy. I moved out at 19, paid my own way through college working part-time, and lived in shared apartments for years. It's an efficient use of property and a surer path to maturity than living with Mom and Dad until you can afford a down payment on a mortgage. The crisis is affecting Spain seriously, and to survive it will require bravery, creativity and initiative. Melanie Ator, BARCELONA, SPAIN...
...some of India's more fierce internal conflicts: "Forecasts have predicted that India's twin forces of a free market and a secular state will ensure uninterrupted growth and a steady move toward liberal economic ideas. But I have noticed that people outside the country often sound far surer about where we are headed than Indians themselves. In this, India is a bit like a Monet painting - from a distance, the picture seems clear. It presents an image of an increasingly liberal, outward looking country which is eager for the opportunities that are now within its grasp. But close...
...This still would not qualify as "strong action"; at best, it would lay the groundwork for strong action. But in Washington, creating a Cabinet-level position is the kind of thing you do as a substitute for strong action. The only surer way to guarantee that the problem remains unsolved would be to create a blue-ribbon commission to study...
What did you think of your son Peter's continuing to climb? That was entirely up to him. He decided he wanted to do it and he went off. I've never climbed with Peter on a big mountain. He did more and more of it and became surer, a much better technical climber than ever I was. He was always trying difficult routes, wasn't interested in climbing easy routes. He had quite a few accidents. He nearly killed himself once, and I think four members of his parties died on the mountains. So I felt relieved when...