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...From day one of his presidency, Obama has shown that he is fully engaged in crucial issues. It is very reassuring to know that America is governed by a serious man. It is also motivating to be able to tell our children that one of the planet's most influential leaders can be a rock builder with a compassionate heart. Aziyadé Poltier-Mutal, Pully, Switzerland...
...triumphs and disappointments; each critic is his or her own jury. Even the bad films are fun to think, argue and write about. We have been pleased to escort you through the 2009 fortnight, and wrap up all the words we've written with the most hopeful we know: A l'année prochaine! Same time, next year...
...Want to know where you'll be staying for Commencement (assuming you didn't have the good sense to flee campus as soon as finals wrapped...
...result, most people didn't know what to think when they were suddenly handed a new plastic 10 or 20 cordoba bill, the lowest denominations of Nicaraguan tender and therefore the most commonly used. "This looks like European money," says one taxi driver, in a voice hinting pride, as he twisted and creased the bill in cruel defiance of its seemingly indestructible space-age properties. Others have described it as "play money" or complain that its gloss makes it "slip through my hands...
...problem in Nicaragua, according to Liberal Constitutional Party lawmaker Francisco Aguirre, is that most people don't know what the laws say, including the government. "In this country, we pass laws and we don't know what they say and we don't care," he says. "This is an outlaw country." Still, Aguirre predicts, the issue of the new currency and whether it's legal or not is a case of a "tempest in a teapot" - an issue that will fade away as soon as the inevitable next crisis comes around. (Read a story about Nicaragua's vampire problem...