Trapped In Webster

Trapped in Webster MY OWN hunt for the yurt drew a blank in the 2-volume Oxford Dictionary but I finally ran it to earth in Webster: 'Yurt: a circular domed tent consisting of......

Persian Version...

Persian version. .. ON THESE overseas journeys I like to bring a classic with me. This time I have learned from Herodotus that the Persians invented the business lunch: 'It is......

The Strange Case Of The World Bank And The Six-legged Yurts

CITY AND SUBURBAN The strange case of the World Bank and the six-legged yurts CHRISTOPHER FILDES J Hampton, Virginia am worried about the World Bank. Change in what used to be......

Fun And Games

Fun and games LATEST ON China's bid for the financial Olympics - staging the 1997 World Bank and IMF meetings in Hong Kong: 'Still under consideration.'......

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Virtue Rewarded

Virtue rewarded THE MAN with the right idea about the World Bank is Karl Ziegler. He thinks it should stretch a point to help honest governments in the developing world, and......