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Although looking for universal qualities of greatness is a historians' parlor game, different historical moments require different qualities. Does either of this year's candidates have the seeds of greatness? I think both do. But unfortunately, our current political system seems designed to weed out precisely the qualities that are most needed at the moment...
...There are moments of hilarity as the English-educated teacher struggles for the right Hindi terms. Next door, Riya Goenka, another Teach India volunteer and a former banker, is leading a class in spoken English to half a dozen teenagers, all of whom want to be retail or beauty-parlor assistants. This is the India in the dawn - whom economic growth has touched just enough to raise aspirations without providing avenues to fulfill those aspirations. "I believe the single most important factor here will be education," says Iyer, "And who knows, Teach India might just start a mini-revolution...
...think of the D90 as a great camera that does a very cool and occasionally useful parlor trick. Perfect for shooting snippets of the kids playing soccer, not so good for shooting the entire school play. But as a still camera, its price ($999.95 without a lens, or $1,299.95 as a kit with a Nikkor 18-mm to 105-mm image-stabilization lens) is hard to beat...
...Pinpointing Banksy's identity has long been a popular parlor game, and it's yielded false positives before. Last fall, a passerby in the East London neighborhood of Bethnal Green snapped a camera-phone picture of a man spray-painting a mural later confirmed to be Banksy's. In May, the New York City-based media blog Gawker suggested that Banksy might be Nick Walker, a British artist who, after being spotted stenciling a mural on the side of a Manhattan restaurant, reputedly told an onlooker that he was the elusive artist. The precision and scope of Banksy's creations...
Bill Clinton did such an elegant job of escorting his health-care package into the nation's political parlor -- first with his speech to Congress last - month, then with his wife's testimony there soon after -- that Americans can be forgiven for believing their President was ready to pass a new law. Now it looks as if what he really had ready was an outline, a schedule and a conviction that good intentions could make up for missing details. The White House, which promised to send health-reform legislation to Capitol Hill by early October, is nearly three weeks late...