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...comes way ahead of democracy," as a Chinese publisher put it [Aug. 6]. Elegant portrayed the Chinese twentysomethings as self-absorbed aristocrats, but when was the last time young adults in the U.S. gave a damn about anything political, moral or nonmaterialistic? In the '70s? America's spoiled youth are just as bad as, if not worse than, spoiled Chinese kids. Brandon Nautchin, Toronto...
...improve the lives of the rural poor, has fostered a newfound prosperity for millions of its people. Our government, on the other hand, condones the torture of war prisoners, uses massive computer surveillance to spy on its own citizens and continues to vainly pursue a war that kills our youth. China's Me Generation can ignore its government yet still admire the pragmatic benefits. I only wish we could do the same. Clark Murray, Danville, Calif...
Till now. In Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life (Scribner; 209 pages), this most private of performers commits the ultimate indiscretion: an account of his first 35 years, from his youth in Southern California through the lows and highs of his stand-up career. "The interesting times are as you're working your way up," Martin said recently over lunch, his mustache dyed black for his role in the next Pink Panther movie. "After you have success, it becomes a routine catwalk. In most of show business, the successes aren't as significant as the failures...
...decidedly retro in certain respects, including its celebration of what it calls the Singapore Girl, selected for her beauty, grace and youth. There are male flight attendants at SIA, but they get little attention. Until a few years ago, SIA insisted flight attendants (even married ones) who became pregnant resign. Since 1996, it has rehired some for short-haul flights. Even now, though, frequent passengers notice that the female flight attendants never seem to age. Few customers complain. "I'm 55, and so are the flight attendants on American Airlines in first class, and I appreciate their ... experience," says...
...Serbia. It underscores a long list of serious human rights abuses by citing concrete examples. "I looked at the crib and saw a child who looked to be seven or eight years old," a MDRI investigator said, recalling a visit to the so-called Special Institution for Children and Youth in the southeast Serbian village of Stamnica. "The nurse told me he was 21 and had been at the institution for eleven years ... He has never been taken out of the crib in eleven years...