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...general who led Thailand's first coup in 15 years, Sonthi Boonyaratglin is projecting a deliberately civilian image. Dressed in a dapper dark suit and yellow tie, Sonthi eschewed his usual army uniform for his Feb. 27 meeting with TIME's Hannah Beech and Robert Horn. But a suit, no matter how handsome, cannot suspend the reality that a military junta, called the Council for National Security (CNS), now runs the country. The CNS ousted elected Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra last Sept. 19. At first, the overthrow of the billionaire P.M. was greeted with much public acclaim. Today, however...
...stability and security before they invest. It is our duty to secure this stability and security. Since Sept. 19, we have issued a clear statement to foreign investors that any agreements that have been signed or will occur in future will be [valid]. What we want is business as usual...
Hickenlooper doesn't feel so obligated, and he isn't offering any theories about the string of events that have strung Denver out for months, diverting cocktail chatter away from the usual Range Rovers, real estate, skiing and where to get the best carrot juice. Major crime is down, the 2008 Democratic National Convention is coming to town, and the polls have been kind, so the mayor says he's feeling fine. He does remark that even "with all this bad news, people still like to live here...
Before boarding a train in New York last weekend, I stopped at a newsstand to buy my usual travel provisions: a bottle of water, some Orbit gum, and a newspaper. Then, standing over the shelves of magazines, I gave in to a guilty desire and bought the March issue of Cosmopolitan. Whenever I pick up a copy of Cosmo, my immediate impulse is to pull the magazine close to my chest and to look around to check that no one I know is present to witness the act. This reaction must be a throwback to the grocery store checkout lines...
...Sure, none of us except the priest at Calvary Hospital ever explicitly wished him well wherever he is right now. But we said goodbye with some delicious six-foot long sandwiches and all-ins over old-fashioned long stories, laughter at the randomness of life, and much-longer than usual hugs. And for a guy who loved his friends and families more than anything, I think it was the best goodbye possible. Pops wouldn’t have wanted it any other way. I think it was a little more than just an engagement party, after...