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...circles way beyond those of academic historians. Gross has come to Warsaw's Entrepreneurship and Management Academy to promote his new book, Fear: Anti-Semitism in Poland after Auschwitz, and the visible police presence and the plethora of TV cameras in the jam-packed hall make clear that the topic has aroused strong emotions...
There's so much interest right now in this end-of-the-world topic. You talked about global warming, but what about terrorism? How do you see that figuring...
None of this will have much impact, though, on long-run big issues like U.S. competitiveness, the state of the middle class, etc. For example, if the world economy is able to shrug off a U.S. downturn--a big topic of debate among economists at the moment--it would be a sign that America's global role has been permanently downgraded. But it won't be the doing of the recession, which is, remember, just a passing phenomenon...
...mail flirting can be done without having to look people in the eye, and is often done with speed, it is bolder, racier and unimpeded by moments of reflection on whether the message could be misconstrued or is wise to send at all. "Flirt texting is a topic everyone finds fascinating, although not much research is out there yet," says Abbey. But one thing is clear: "People are often more willing to disclose intimate details via the Internet, so the process may escalate more quickly...
...crack-up happening already? Far-fetched as it would have seemed a month ago, the seeds of self-destruction are being planted in the war of coded words about race between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. The bickering has exploded in the space of a week into Topic A in the Democratic race, supplanting for the moment the war and the economy and health care - and shows no sign of a quick resolution...