Newsletter 244
[1]Someone You're Not
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Mike Sager | Esquire | 24 February 2011
Story of Ray Towler, in prison for 28 years after being falsely convicted of
rape. Freed thanks to advances in DNA testing. Model inmate. Now trying not
to be angry. How many more African-Americans have been similarly railroaded?
[2]After The Sauds
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John Quiggin | Crooked Timber | 26 February 2011
US seems to think that Saudi monarchy can survive, even as regimes around it
democratise. Wishful thinking. Rule by kings will "stand out as an
indefensible medieval anachronism". Life expectancy: months or years, not
decades
[3]End Of Cheap Denim
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Malcolm Moore | Telegraph | 26 February 2011
One town in southern China produces one-third of the world's jeans. But
workers are in short supply there, even at ten times the wages the factories
paid a few years back. Cotton prices shooting up. Era of cheap jeans is over
[4]Badiraguato, Birthplace Of Narcos
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4. http://b.rw/eVssJl
Geraldo | Borderland Beat | 23 February 2011
Report from impoverished region considered birthplace of drug trafficking in
Mexico. Chinese labourers brought opium in 1900s. "Agriculture is not spoken
of aloud. Code words are used, or smiles, or silence, or silent smiles"
[5]Art Of The Police Report
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Ellen Collett | Writers' Chronicle/Utne | 25 February 2011
Police follow strict rules when writing crime reports. No adverbs, very few
adjectives, nothing that opens the way to argument and interpretation. Even
so, a great cop can still tell a story that hammers at your heart. Here's
how
[6]The Pen, Mightier
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Nell Boeschenstein | Millions | 23 February 2011
In praise of Pilot Precise V5 rolling-ball extra-fine pen. "The weight was
satisfying without being overwhelming, the ink flow was solid without being
sloppy, the plastic did not awaken my oral fixation. By college, it was my
pen"
Today's FiveBooks Interview
[7]Jonathan Powell on =NEGOTIATION=
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7. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/jonathan-powell-on-negotiation
Jonathan Powell was a senior member of staff throughout Tony Blair’s time in
government. His five books suggest that pragmatism, calmness and seeing the
big picture are central to resolving the world’s conflicts [8]Continue
reading…
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8. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/jonathan-powell-on-negotiation
Topic
[9]China
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9. http://thebrowser.com/topics/china
Everything you need to know about the rising power. Original interviews with
experts such as Richard Baum, Isabel Hilton, and Xinran - and the books and
articles they recommend [10]Continue reading…
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10. http://thebrowser.com/topics/china
Book of the Day
[11]London in the Nineteenth Century
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11. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/london-nineteenth-century-by-jerry-white
-by Jerry White -
Stephen Evans says: "If you live in London, have visited London or love
London, you have to read this book."
[12]More recommendations…
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