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THE FANTASTIC AS REAL
IT IS EXTRAORDINARY that at the end of a typical Oscar awards ceremony — a familiar and meretricious mix of giggle and glamour — the enduring image should be that of an Oxford don who specialised in Old and Middle English. The moment ...

INFLATION ON A SLOW BURNER
THE FIRES OF inflation no longer burn as strongly as they did in the mid-1990s, but they have certainly not been fully controlled. The recent trends have been particularly disturbing. Over the past couple of months prices have been demonstrating ...

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STATECRAFT
The vision deficiency syndrome
By Harish Khare

A national election should be able to renew the polity's democratic capital and deepen the Indian state's legitimacy. Instead, we are content to be limited in our vision.

For U.N. re-engagement in Iraq
By R. Kannan

Despite the formidable odds, the United Nations alone has the ability to lead Iraq to stability.

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