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...Argentine, I have to disagree that Cristina Fernández de Kirchner is a "Latin Hillary" [Oct. 15]. To mark some differences: Fernández does not care to debate policy, she doesn't dare be interviewed by local newsmen, and she certainly has never worked on behalf of poor people. Fernández is a frivolous woman. Norberto Mazzoni, BUENOS AIRES...
...practical front, the new Macbook is not only formidably heavy—at 6.8 pounds, it’s nearly as hefty as an AK-47 assault rifle—but also suffers from poor construction. Over the past few months, Lenovo, Asus, and many other laptop manufacturers have made durability their top concern. By contrast, Apple’s Macbooks, much like their organic counterparts, can’t survive a fall of even just a few inches. [see correction below...
...healthy psychological immune system is a marker of well-being, then perhaps a lack of natural coping abilities signals poor mental health. But of course it's not as simple as all that. A long-term bad mood isn't necessarily a sign of maladjustment. Sometimes, it's just called adolescence...
...Poor nations have heard that before; some are not impressed. Trade, they say, needs to be a two-way street. However much a developing country orients its economy to the outside world, it needs others to buy its goods. At the Uruguay Round of trade talks, which concluded in 1993, the developing world was promised much greater access for its products to rich markets. But the reality has been disappointing...
...election has revealed a potential weakness. Despite her massive victory, the vote highlighted a growing polarity between the urban middle class - most of which voted for the centrist Carrio, who placed second in the national balloting - and the suburban working class and rural poor who are the traditional Peronist bastions of support. In fact, "Cristina's" campaign reminded many political observers of the tactics of Argentina's most famous and effective politican, Eva Peron, Juan Peron's second wife. Evita's "Rainbow Tour" of Europe in 1947 saw her meeting with the Pope and other European leaders, mesmerizing crowds with...