Issue 44
August 1999
Contents
Power play in Malaysia
20th August 1999 — Issue 44
The political destruction of Anwar Ibrahim by his one-time mentor, Mahathir Mohamad, was absorbing theatre. But what does his fall mean for Malaysia's race-based populist democracy? And who will lead the country post-Mahathir?
Piano maniac
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I am an excellent pianist. The only snag is that I don't play very well
Science plc
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Science and business are more entangled than ever before. This is good for economic growth, but can be bad for scientific authority
Tale of two cities
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More architects and city planners now subscribe to a kind of humane urbanism. But brutal modernism is not yet dead
Glorious failures
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In 1845 Sir John Franklin left Britain in search for the Northwest passage. He never returned. Did his crew start eating each other or were they killed by the Inuit
The American way
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British universities are in a mess. The only sensible strategy is to give up the pretence of uniform and standards and follow the US
ER - Is it art?
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To its admirers, ER is the pinnacle of its genre, pushing at the boundries of its cultural space. To others its just a soap
The end of grand narrative
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It's quite rational to be less interested in serious news
Trouble in Asia (1)
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Hong Kong's is off the international radar screen?and Beijing knows it
Dear Javier...
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Some advice for the EU's recently appointed foreign policy supremo
Hemingway's bridge
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The mystery at the heart of "For Whom the Bell Tolls"
The next best kiss
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Sandy and Todd were both professors of a post-modern inclination
Asia diary
20th August 1999 — Issue 44
For women, the sexual revolution has finally reached Japan. Will the Japanese share their love with China?