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...comes to writing about the history, anthropology or art history of their civilization, Indians are, by and large, appallingly unproductive. The best book on the history of Delhi was written by a foreigner, William Dalrymple. The best biography of the Indian director Satyajit Ray was written by another foreigner, Andrew Robinson. At a time when more and more Indians are writing fiction that gets read in America and England, a disproportionate amount of the informative and scholarly work on India still gets outsourced to Americans and Britons. The sovereign obsession of middle-class India, it would seem...
...That's no mere fancy. In a study of the 2001 election, Wolfers and economist Andrew Leigh, of the Australian National University, found that while pollsters differed on the outcome and the winner's vote share, punters' money was solidly on the government. And in marginal contests, the favorite won in 43 seats out of 47. Polls are certainly useful, Wolfers says. But "the media would serve the public better by reporting on betting rather than polls...
...film of looking and seeing, of substance and feeling. In a pivotal scene, the sleazy father of her service-station friend Bianca (Hollie Andrew) drives Heidi to Lake Jindabyne at night and points out how the original town was flooded by the Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electric Scheme: "All that sitting out there," he says, "under the surface." Think of the film as a snow dome, its characters trapped under the glass of their emotion. There's Bianca's young brother, unable to empathize with others because of Asperger's syndrome. At the Siesta Inn, where Heidi takes refuge, the plucky...
...doing is this, I will make more enemies than I kill." It's a vicious circle, he says, and the worst-case scenario, if inconclusive battles like Najaf repeat themselves, is a nationwide popular uprising. The only hedge against that, says British Major General Andrew Graham, deputy commander of the Multinational Corps--Iraq, is to convince the Iraqi people "that there is hope." That, alas, is the hardest thing in the country to find...
...damage wreaked by Hurricane Charley on homes, businesses and personal property is expected to reach $7.4 billion, the worst toll since Hurricane Andrew in 1992, according to the Insurance Information Institute. The destruction serves as a reminder to homeowners to check whether their insurance will protect their property when disaster strikes. Especially if you live near the coast or another body of water, you may need several different policies to make sure your property is adequately insured. Among them...