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| The Violence Card |
 EVER since the culture wars of
the 1980s, Americans have been
familiar with "the race card" -
an epithet used to discredit real
and imagined cries of racism.
Less familiar, however, is an equally
cynical rhetorical tactic that I call "the
violence card."
Here's how it works. When confronted
with an instance of racially charged
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| NOT ENOUGH
INFLATION |
 AFEW days ago, Alan
Greenspan, the former
chairman of the Federal
Reserve, spoke out in
defence of his successor.
Attacks on Ben Bernanke by
Republicans, he told The
Financial Times, are "wholly
inappropriate and destructive."
He's right about that - which
makes this one of the very few
things the ex-maestro has
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Hong Kong restaurant offers 10-course Titanic dinner
DPA
HONG KONG A Hong Kong restaurant is to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic by offering the same 10-course dinner served to first-class passengers just before the passenger liner sunk.
The meal for eight costing almost 2,000 US dollars per person will also feature a rare bottle of 1907 Heidsieck Monopole Gout Americain champagne.
The Hullett House restaurant, which is offering the dinner for the first time on Saturday, sourced the bottle from those salvaged from the wreckage in 1998.
Waiters will also wear uniforms like those worn by staff on the Titanic and the meal will be served on plates designed by William Brownfield & Sons.
“The idea is to recreate the ambience on the ship,” the executive chef Philippe Orrico said.
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