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...could even plunge them into recession. But that fate would not be shared evenly or universally throughout Asia, economists note. Despite the euphoria about China as the Next Big Thing, many observers are quick to downplay the notion that Asia is as dependent on China (yet) as the conventional wisdom held even a few months ago. The mainland is still not nearly as key to the region as a whole as is the U.S., Europe or Japan. Merrill Lynch economist T.J. Bond, for example, notes that although 20% of Asia's recent export growth may have come from China...
...evangelism; it requires more than faith. It requires a solid, educated middle class and a sophisticated understanding of law, transparency and minority rights. It certainly can't be imposed by outsiders, not in a fractious region where outsiders are considered infidels. This is not rocket science. It is conventional wisdom among democracy and human-rights activists-and yet the Administration allowed itself to be blinded by righteousness. Why? Because moral pomposity is almost always a camouflage for baser fears and desires. Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld and the neoconservatives share a primal belief in the use of military power to intimidate enemies...
...awkward thing about discussing the value of office hours while visiting a professor during office hours is that it puts some pressure on the conversation. If this is what we should strive for, face time, then what has to happen during that time for a transformative transfer of wisdom...
...considerably more low-key Senior Common Room, Stills remained a bit ill at ease, preferring not to talk until there was complete silence so he could collect his thoughts. But once he got going, he could hardly stop, holding court with a constant stream of wisecracks, anecdotes and wisdom on music and politics...
...wisdom of the report is to look to the future,” said Associate Professor of the Humanities Virginie Greene. “But there is no knowledge, no wisdom without memory...