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... Welten” (The ey, the meddling by lawyers and the distort­ war of the worlds), did puzzle over the dif­ ing effects of biased media,” Garton Ash ferences between European and American wrote, “this was an overwhelming, heart attitudes toward religion in politics, and de­ lifting expression...

... in the fight against alcoholism, is lobbying for puzzling solutions, such as making available a wider variety of alcohol products with lower alcohol content. “We are in schools, colleges, we give lectures, we’re trying to teach people how to drink,” he tells me. To that end, the Ministry of Healthcare...

... walked down to the beach to feel the sand with the women. After puzzling for a mo­ beneath his feet, put his toes in the water, ment over the picture, it dawned on him: and stare out at the horizon. However, his Big Brother has two sisters. They were peace and quiet was soon interrupted. Two...

... a puzzle piece in the center. Above the image it reads, “The face of the future.” It was for sale for 20 Convertible Cuban Pesos (about $20)—the second currency used by foreign nationals in Cuba, as opposed to the Cuban pesos used by the state to pay Cubans, the latter worth about four cents...

..., as in 1714 when the Bridge of San Luis Rey, the finest in Peru, mysteriously collapsed. In Thornton Wilder’s celebrated eponymic novel, Brother Juniper, a puzzled Franciscan, vainly seeks to discover why the finger of God hurled five very different people into the Apurimac gorge. For asking...

... raises cy? Do we assume a Western style of de­ still more puzzling doubts among Arab in­ mocracy? Is democracy equivalent to good tellectuals. Where are there genuine demo­ governance? Is there an ideal democratic cratic institutions with real power? Does form? Does democracy presuppose trans­...

... of a civilization capable of fulfilling a deeper purpose? Inevitably, many faces in the room are puzzled. After all, it's so rare to be asked to think about civilization. But other faces light up with a new excitement. The same people also tend to become quiet and reflective when I bring up the most oft-repeated...

... is disorganized, with weak roots in society, wide. That the American foreign policy es­ and of little consequence in the formulation tablishment has failed to grasp this is both of public policy. Since the inception of dem­ distressing and puzzling. If the September ocratic rule...

... a great question. And it goes to the heart of an argument I make in my recent book: that perceptions of fairness and expectations of what the future might bring are in many ways just as important as the current reality. So when you look at countries in Central Europe, for example, it’s at first puzzling...

... of the film you are making here?” I asked, “What do you mean? How could I make a film here?” He said, “The film you are making about your life here.” I was still puzzled and didn’t know what he was referring to. He didn’t like my silence and shouted, “OK, when we throw your daughter in jail, then you’ll tell...

...” and condemns the murdered lawyer Markelov as a “Russophobe.” The left-wing activists appear puzzled. Their public assemblies had always risked clashes with their homegrown opponents, the Ukrainian ultranationalists. Yet here they were in their capital, Kiev, amid a war with Russian-backed forces...

..., but they will be accomplished in posing the most critical and globally relevant questions. Designing or framing the puzzle and asking questions that spark interest, competition, and collaboration will replace top-down leadership in the coming era. Tomorrow’s leaders must also develop contextual intelligence. Effective...

.... The Basques have outperformed the other semi-autonomous regions, and many outsiders puzzle why that isn’t enough. The savvy Basque ability to attract EU funding and generate their own revenue has provoked jealousy by Castilian speakers, even though they benefit from Basque tax revenues. Yet while newcomers...

... million annually tory of acceptable involvement in African af­ from mostly elderly Americans. fairs, but its economic and social conditions Viewed closely, the puzzle deepens. De­ are more representative of the deplorable sit­ spite oil revenues of $280 billion over three uation in other...

... the campaign. In the end, Randa and her fellow activists raised enough money for everyone. Even with her initial optimism, Randa was puzzled; no other issue—not mass killings, torture, or soaring food prices—had united people in the same way as Egypt’s decision to give up Tiran and Sanafir, two rocky...

... times when the Belgians made a jigsaw puzzle of Ituri’s map, cutting and pasting populations, and carelessly smudging centuries of collective wisdom on local land tenure. Passions run deep between these related clans, but the disputes can be even more volatile between rival tribes considered...

... of the Republic, while just to the right of this startling headline is a teaser to the cover of its weekend magazine that shows a puzzled Ayrault scratching his head in dismay with an accompanying story that explains, “Why he just can’t seem to get there,” a rather snarky Francophone pun on his various...

... work successfully or predictably in South in part one of the most puzzling aspects of Asia. South Asian politics: why well-educated pro­ As recent events in Kashmir demon­ fessionals form the largest source of support strated, the possibility of war is ever pres­ for extremist political agendas...

.... In the war, when we talked about countless intellectual contemporaries now how many died, we were told to write that dead, lie answers to some puzzling ques­ they were wounded. But the night my own tions about why so many great writers and son went to the battlefield, I said to myself: thinkers...