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...suicide rate, especially among Sri Lanka's young, is one of the worst in Asia. The fighting and threat of suicide bombings means many children miss long periods of school. Cell phones have turbocharged Sri Lanka's rumor mill and kids are yanked from classes at even the whiff of potential trouble. Many of those who do well in school end up leaving the country for opportunities abroad...
...bill that would provide baby boomers with financial incentives to commit suicide--or "Voluntary Transitioning"--once they hit 70. Granted, the fiscally responsible management of Social Security isn't the stuff of which pulse-pounding plots are fabricated. But there's something good-naturedly world-weary--with a whiff of Waugh and Wolfe--in the way Buckley spins his wonky premise into a story about how the absurdities of Washington demand even greater absurdities in response. And Buckley (who, for the record, is 54) has an endless facility for mimicking the glossy rhetoric of political spin in a way that...
France is the land of public service par excellence, where a whiff of sacrilege still adheres to the very notion of privatizing basic infrastructure. Trains, hospitals, universities and pensions are all largely state provisions. But water--a sector that remains a function of municipal government in 90% of U.S. cities--is the almost exclusive domain of two companies, Suez Environment and Veolia Water...
...boundaries has brought to Bennelong people from poorer suburbs to the west and cut Howard's buffer to 4%. While Labor sniffs a chance to win, the P.M. is just as likely to think of the new entrants as future converts to the Howard doctrine. There is a sharp whiff of Shanghai exuberance around Labor. Just as in China's stock exchanges, the local political market will eventually turn to reflect fundamental laws. The Australian electorate is ultimately conservative. Issues such as the war in Iraq and the five-year Guant?namo incarceration of David Hicks may be hurting Howard...
...there, the production has sidestepped all the problems of making the music carry the plot by keeping the 17-strong cast and band onstage throughout. Between them, in thickest Jamaican patois and the merest whiff of ganja smoke, they summon the saucy spirit of the Kingston dancehall one minute, the legend of the outlaw the next. Best of all they rip through glorious renditions of hit after hit. Make room, Mamma Mia! For as sure as the sun will shine, The Harder They Come is gonna get its share...