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[2]Towel Story, Part II
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Elif Batuman | My Life And Thoughts | 12 November 2010
In which Ms Batuman rescues a suitcase of clothes and towels from Turkish
customs. Introducing Mehmet Bey, who has a great future as a literary
taxi-driver. (There is a part one, but it's not quite as good)
[3]Aung San Suu Kyi Speaks
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Aung San Suu Kyi | UNDP | 14 November 2010
English transcript of Burmese dissident's address, to crowds awaiting her
release from house arrest. Inspiring stuff. "The burden of these
expectations is great and the responsibilities are immense"
[4]Start-Up City
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Edward Glaeser | City Journal | 15 November 2010
Enthralling tales of historic New York entrepreneurship: Jeremiah Thompson,
inventor of on-time freight shipping; Isaac Roosevelt, sugar refiner; A.E.
Lefcourt, bootblack to property billionaire. More such needed
[5]Mumbai Massacre Mastermind
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Sebastian Rotella | Pro Publica | 13 November 2010
Investigation into 2008 terrorist attack by Lashkar-i-Taiba. Identifies main
planners, based in Pakistan, ties to intelligence service. Why doesn't
Pakistan arrest them? They are too well-connected
[6]Can Obama Rise Again?
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Michael Tomasky | NYRB | 15 November 2010
Rahm doesn't seem to think so. He's walking. And he may be right. Obama can
only recover if Republicans overreach, as they did under Gingrich in 1990s,
uniting centrists and liberals against them
[7]Hope. Change. Reality.
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Wil S. Hylton | Esquire | 15 November 2010
Superb portrait of US attorney-general Eric Holder. Took office with high
hopes of prosecuting torture, closing Guantanamo, rolling back extraordinary
presidential powers. None of it happened. He's chastened
[8]Sultan Of The Muslim World
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Soner Cagaptay | Foreign Affairs | 15 November 2010
Modern Turkey born as Muslim state. Secular nationalism guided foreign
policy for decades. But no more. AKP has exploited post 9/11 geopolitics to
restore Muslim identity, bid for leadership of Muslim world
[9]US Voters Don't Care About Deficit
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Ryan Avent | Economist | 15 November 2010
Treasuries at lowest yield in 50 years. Deficit hardly an issue with voters:
they're much more worried about unemployment. So maybe legislators right to
panic about jobs now. They can panic about deficit later
[10]Russian Justice Works Around Juries
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Ellen Barry | NYT | 15 November 2010
Juries introduced to Russian judicial system in 1993, when state was
pursuing liberal model. Now they're getting squeezed out, especially in
high-profile cases where state prosecutors can't risk acquittals
Topic: Front-Line Detroit
Charlie LeDuff, Blogger John and others report on a collapsing city. "If
you're not capable of... [11]Continue reading...
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[12]Today on FiveBooks: Plants
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