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While the Lovelies call to mind bands like Ben Folds and OK Go, they bring a quirkiness and comfort in tickling the ivories that gives their songs a sly, operatic feel. It is just odd enough to entice, but not strange enough to frighten. Just listen to the single “You Don’t Love Me” for a taste of this eccentricity: a handful of funky chords coupled with an ironic, drawling delivery gives a standard-fare breakup song a touch of personality and psychodrama...
...Bangladeshis, who have to cope with frequent cyclones from the Indian Ocean and regular outbursts of violence on the streets of their own cities, are a tough, stoic lot who don't frighten easily. But a wave of extortion, murder and kidnapping that is washing over the country of 140 million has many worried that the nation may be sliding into anarchy. The Bureau of Human Rights Bangladesh says 971 people have been killed since the start of the year. Says Badruddoza Chowdhury, former President of Bangladesh: "Never have crime and extortion taken place on such a big scale...
...Unpracticed in the art of persuasion that democratically elected leaders must cultivate, China's officials in charge of Hong Kong affairs have reverted to a fist-brandishing style of leadership intended to frighten people out of demanding too much too soon. Last month, mainland newspapers in the territory attacked leaders of Hong Kong's Democratic Party as "unpatriotic" and issued thinly veiled threats that the central government would dissolve Hong Kong's legislature if?as seems likely?supporters of democracy win control in September's elections. Last week, the rhetoric grew sharper as pro-Beijing figures in Hong Kong referred...
...timetable is tight. Washington needs to get capable Iraqi security forces up and running before the insurgents score enough hits to discourage the U.S. commitment and frighten off Iraqi recruits. And Bush needs to find adequate replacements before tired G.I.s are due to rotate home next spring, smack in the middle of his re-election campaign. Yet rushing ill-trained, ill-equipped Iraqis into the breach could create new problems. Senator Joseph Biden, senior Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, says the Administration's "stampede" to put locals in charge of pacifying Iraq "runs the risk of having...
...proxy…they get others to fight and die for them.” I guess we shouldn’t be surprised by Mohamad’s remarks. After all, his speech was greeted by a standing ovation, and universal acclaim by conference attendees. What should really frighten us, however, is President Chirac’s resounding silence in the face of Mohamad’s words...