Word: hinterlands
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...Meier: Yes, he went into his first election as a virtual unknown, but he won it on the basis of his tough military campaign in Chechnya. And an attack on the oligarchs will play out even better in the hinterland than going to war in Chechnya. Ordinary Russians shed no tears for the oligarchs, although in some quarters Khodorkovsky's arrest could turn him into a martyr. But unlike in the West, in Russia he's not seen as an icon of the new breed of businessman. For common Russians he's an icon of all the sins...
...These airwaves have, throughout most of modern Asia's history, been controlled by authoritarian governments rather than loquacious rabble rousers. Ever since the first crackly radio broadcast, Asia's strongmen have known the power of radio to rally the masses. Radio, after all, reaches even the remotest hinterland, as those listening secretly to the BBC World Service in places like Burma or Tibet know. When Ferdinand Marcos declared martial law in the Philippines in 1972, one of the first things he did was shut down the radio stations. For Marcos and other autocrats, radio was a tool of subjugation...
...Noosa River. To the north stretch national parks and other pristine beaches all the way to World Heritage-listed Fraser Island. Beyond the town, the Noosa River wends its way west into lakes and the Noosa Everglades, now a popular eco-attraction. And the rolling hill country of the hinterland is dotted with laid-back villages, New Age retreats and artists? colonies...
...maintained a rather idealistic, handmade ethos?make it, bake it, grow it, design it?enshrining one-off originality in everything on offer. That goes for entertainment, too: there are Australian bush poetry recitals, didgeridoo players, jazz and folk bands, street theater and even camel rides. The Noosa Heads hinterland is a popular area with those seeking an alternative lifestyle, and the market?which is patronized by up to 10,000 bargain hunters each Saturday?tilts happily away from the mainstream, fusing contemporary culture with traditional rural life in a charming hybrid...
...there would be rewards just for releasing her," says David Steinberg, a Burma expert at Georgetown University. Instead, Western nations kept calling for the freedom of 1,300 political prisoners and for democratic reforms that never came. Meanwhile, Suu Kyi drew unnervingly large crowds on trips into Burma's hinterland to open NLD branches. And the economy continued to implode. Semilegal finance companies collapsed, and angry depositors raced to yank their savings out of failing banks. Businesses couldn't make their payrolls, and thousands of workers were laid...