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Mukherjee tells how strange and random circumstances would determine the establishment of a trading center: Fort St. Sebastian was founded by an Englishman who wanted to be in close proximity to his object of desire, a fisherman's five-year-old daughter. Or the Mukherjee discusses the Englishwoman's discreet turning-of-head when her husband finds a bibi, a native concubine. The desire for riches and adventure that drove men to India, "jilted by primogeniture," and the insatiable lust that eventually drove them crazy are narrated with a sensitive eye for detail, a fluency of prose, and, most importantly...
...institutions and societies; the need to forge consensus when the possibility for achieving it is often so sharply constrained; the widespread decline in respect for legitimate forms of authority; the potential global implications of many local events; the prevalence of organized violence and terrorism, as well as contagious random violence--these and other factors make the process of governance and the exercise of public leadership a particularly difficult problem in our contemporary world...
...Cisneros: I came to this job because I believe that time is running out on the American way of life as we know it. I don't want to be overly pessimistic, but how long can we go on with random killings and a permanent underclass and the homeless? I'm 46 years old, and I remember when there were no homeless people. I remember when my parents took me to Mexico and I was appalled that there were beggars and people on mats in the street. This was a Third World phenomenon. Now officials in my department...
...audience and comedians also played a game called "emotional hurdle" in which participants yelled out 10 random emotions for the performers to portray...
This week's guests: Mom, Dad, Brian, Uncle Joel, Grandma Anne, Grandma Rose, and two hundred and ninety-nine random holiday travelers...