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Writing Worth Reading
[2]Obituary: Bob Guccione
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2. http://b.rw/aKp8Ab
Anonymous | Telegraph | 21 October 2010
Ran dry-cleaning business in London. Saw Playboy was doing well. Decided a
rougher rival would do even better. Launched Penthouse. "Race for the
bottom". Accumulated $400m fortune at mid-80s peak
[3]Worst Of The Madness
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Anne Applebaum | NYRB | 22 October 2010
Expert review of Timothy Snyder's "Bloodlands", on Nazi and Soviet horrors
in eastern Europe. "They aided and abetted one another. Their interaction
led to more mass killing than either might have carried out alone"
[4]Test Tube Tales From Far Afield
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Avantika Bhuyan | Open | 22 October 2010
Rural Indian couples in their 60s, even 70s, mortgage houses, farms to pay
for in-vitro fertilisation. The trouble is, it seems to work, leaving them
with children, a short burst of happiness, and no money
[5]Paradox Of Blinking
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Kishore Mahbubani | Japan Times | 20 October 2010
China's rising global power has attracted relatively little opposition,
mainly because China has wisely kept a low profile. Confrontation with Japan
may signal a new and more reckless approach. Bad news
[6]Xi Who Must Be Obeyed
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Anonymous | Economist | 21 October 2010
Sketch of Xi Jinping, front-runner to succeed Hu Jintao as China's president
and party boss. Son of party grandee, briefly party boss in Shanghai,
married to a pop singer. May encounter some pushback
[7]Bob Woodward Interview
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Gregg La Gambina | AV Club | 21 October 2010
Well-briefed interviewer drills down a level or two into key episodes of
"Obama's Wars", gets Woodward to gloss, explain, amplify. Excellent
opportunity to understand arguments of book without reading it all
[8]Topic: Microsoft
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Essays on cloud computing, anti-trust, corporate culture, and Bob the animated
paper clip. From James Fallows, John Heilemann, Ray Ozzie and
others... [9]Continue reading...
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9. http://thebrowser.com/topics/microsoft
[10]Today on FiveBooks: Obstacles to Political Reform in China
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10. http://fivebooks.com
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