Obituary;Alexander Haig 讣告;亚历山大黑格 Alexander Meigs Haig, soldier and public servant, died on February 20th, aged 85 军人、公仆亚历山大梅格斯黑格于2月20号逝世,享年85岁 Grant and Eisenhower aside, America is uneas

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Obituary;Wynne Godley; 讣告;韦恩戈德利; Wynne Godley, British economist, died on May 13th, aged 83; 英国经济学家韦恩戈德利于五月十三日辞世,终年83岁; A certain ambiguity marked Wynne Godley. Was he at heart an aesthete,

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Obituary; 逝者; Keith Colquhoun; 基斯科尔克霍恩; Farewell to an old Asia hand and The Economist'sprevious Obituaries editor; 一个写亚洲的老手、《经济学人》逝者专栏前编辑,再见了; In the 20-odd years he worked for Th

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Obituary;Michael Lassen; 讣告;迈克尔.拉森; Michael Lassen, stained-glass artist, died on September 8th, aged 61; 迈克尔拉森,彩花玻璃艺术家,卒于9月8日,享年61岁; ALMOST nothing is known of the men who built t

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Obituary;Gus Dur; 讣告;古斯杜尔; Abdurrahman Wahid (Gus Dur), intellectual and president of Indonesia, died on December 30th, aged 69; 阿卜都拉赫曼瓦希德(古斯杜尔),印度尼西亚的总统和知识分子,卒于12月

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Obituary;Steve Schneider; 讣闻;史蒂夫施奈德; Stephen Schneider, climate scientist, died on July 19th, aged 65. 气象学家史蒂夫施奈德,于2010年7月19日去世,享年65岁。 Mark twain had it backwards, Steve Schneider joked, in

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Obituary;Fred Halliday; 讣告;弗瑞德韩礼德; Fred Halliday, demystifier of the Middle East, died on April 26th, aged 64 中东的解密者弗瑞德韩礼德,4月26日逝世,享年64岁 A crush of 500 listeners waited apprehensively as, ill

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Obituary;John Thorbjarnarson; 讣告;约翰瑟布贾纳森; John Thorbjarnarson,saviour of crocodilesdied, on February 14th, aged 52; 鳄鱼救助者约翰瑟布贾纳森于2月14日去世,英年52岁。 THE rippling fire of the tiger, the cuddli

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Book Review;Entrepreneurs 书评;企业家 Headbanging 离奇的企业家 World Changers: 25 Entrepreneurs Who Changed Business As We Knew It. By John Byrne. 世界改变者:25位改变传统商业的企业家 作者:约翰拜恩。 Hero-worshi

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Obituary;Sai Baba; 讣告;赛巴巴; Sathya Sai Baba (Satyanarayana Raju), one of India's most controversial gurus, died on April 24th, aged 85; 萨提亚赛巴巴(赛提亚纳拉亚纳喇举),印度最具争议的上师之一,死于4月24日,

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Obituary;Norman Wisdom; 讣告;诺曼威斯登; Sir Norman Wisdom, comedian, died on October 4th, aged 95 英老牌喜剧演员诺曼威斯登爵士于10月4日辞世,鹤寿95。 What a chirpy little fellow that Norman was! All puppy eyes, rubber l

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Obituary;Michael Foot; 讣告;迈克尔富特; Michael Foot, politician and man of letters, died on March 3rd, aged 96. 政治家、作家迈克尔富特于本月3日仙逝,享年96岁。 He died a much-loved Englishman, renowed for his unt

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Books and Arts; Book Review;Paul Volcker;Tall tale; 文艺;书评;保罗沃尔克;伟人传奇; Volcker: The Triumph of Persistence. By William Silber. 《沃尔克:金石为开》威廉 希尔伯著。 Alan Greenspan may be the most famous c

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Middle East and Africa Palestinian prisoners Why they count 中东和非洲 巴勒斯坦俘虏 为什么他们意义重大 The release of prisoners touches Palestinians to their core 俘虏的释放触及了巴勒斯坦人的核心 AS A measure of th

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Obituary; Lord Bingham;Tom Bingham (Baron Bingham of Cornhill), defender of liberty, died on September 11th, aged 76; 讣告;宾翰勋爵;自由捍卫者汤姆宾翰(康希尔的宾翰男爵)于9月11日逝世,享年76岁; By general agre

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Yet hijras, and their counterparts in other Asian societies, remain on societys margins. 然而,海吉拉斯和其他亚洲国家类似人群都仍处在社会边缘。 As Anjaann Joshii of SPACE puts it: You can sing, dance, bless, cursebut thats

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Asia: Banyan: Knife-edge lives 亚洲:榕树:刀口余生 The effects of discrimination against transgender Asians are huge, if hidden. 在亚洲,变性人遭受严重歧视,却鲜为人知 It's a matter of survival, one Indian transgender wo

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Europe Russian politics 欧洲 俄罗斯政坛风向突变 Putins purges 普京的清洗运动 Interpreting a sudden crackdown on extravagant officials 风向突变,枪指官员;个中详情,且看分解 For senior members of the United Russia

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Business; Face value; Indonesia's Teflon tycoon; 商业;商界精英;印尼的特氟纶巨头; Aburizal Bakrie has survived controversy in business and politics; Aburizal Bakrie在商业和政治的论战中双双获胜; Although Aburizal Bak

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