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In the dictionary chimere means an illusion, a ghost, someone or something wild and idle, not pertaining to reality. In Greek legend a chimere is a fearful, fire-belching monster with a lion's head, a goat's body and a serpent's tail. For Haitians it means a gangster.

Fri, 02 May 2008 12:00:00 +0100 Bits Of Wood/Bouts De Bois http://www.nthposition.com/bitsofwoodboutsde.php http://www.nthposition.com/bitsofwoodboutsde.php More aural gorgeousness from the man who plays trees. Fri, 02 May 2008 12:00:00 +0100 Making poor nations rich http://www.nthposition.com/makingpoor.php http://www.nthposition.com/makingpoor.php The best way to help the poor is to achieve as high a level of economic freedom as possible. Even if we believe that political and civil rights are to be secured at the same time as economic growth, this is an important lesson. Fri, 02 May 2008 12:00:00 +0100 A hole in the world http://www.nthposition.com/aholeintheworld.php http://www.nthposition.com/aholeintheworld.php Burton has radically changed the focus and tenor of Sweeney Todd but has remained loyal to Sondheim's dark paean to love and revenge. Fri, 02 May 2008 12:00:00 +0100 Digression http://www.nthposition.com/digression.php http://www.nthposition.com/digression.php "One day when I was driving in a red convertible with the top down, I got off 78 to use the restroom at an unknown exit." Fri, 02 May 2008 12:00:00 +0100 Norse Ireland - a nation once again http://www.nthposition.com/norseireland-anation.php http://www.nthposition.com/norseireland-anation.php The traditional view of Irish history emphasises the suffering of the noble Celtic (and its often implied, fundamentally Catholic) Irish over years of oppression and disaster. Fri, 02 May 2008 12:00:00 +0100 The big steal in Zimbabwe http://www.nthposition.com/thebigsteal.php http://www.nthposition.com/thebigsteal.php There are a lot of people running scared in ZANU-PF, and their time-honoured tactic is now to start running violent. Fri, 02 May 2008 12:00:00 +0100 Conversations with a Continent http://www.nthposition.com/conversationswitha.php http://www.nthposition.com/conversationswitha.php This spring, a series of panels of experts on Africa is being held in New York. We present summaries of these panels. Fri, 02 May 2008 12:00:00 +0100 Six feet over http://www.nthposition.com/sixfeetover.php http://www.nthposition.com/sixfeetover.php Oh, death, where is thy sting-a-ling-a-ling? Fri, 02 May 2008 12:00:00 +0100 Toulouse on track http://www.nthposition.com/toulouseontrack.php http://www.nthposition.com/toulouseontrack.php "Standing there in a frilly bathroom and pink mules with pompoms on the instep was a bruiser needing a shave and a good rinse to remove the vestiges of the previous night's eye make-up." Fri, 02 May 2008 12:00:00 +0100 Rosemarie http://www.nthposition.com/rosemarie.php http://www.nthposition.com/rosemarie.php Break out the patchouli, guys... Fri, 02 May 2008 12:00:00 +0100 The shoe string miracle http://www.nthposition.com/theshoestringmiracle.php http://www.nthposition.com/theshoestringmiracle.php "Their legs dangling over the vertical drop, the two of them, the village idiot and the tall Russian painter, stare fixedly at the ravine below. For several moments they sit in silence. " Fri, 02 May 2008 12:00:00 +0100 maybe http://www.nthposition.com/maybe.php http://www.nthposition.com/maybe.php Thu, 01 May 2008 12:00:00 +0100 By all means http://www.nthposition.com/byallmeans.php http://www.nthposition.com/byallmeans.php Thu, 01 May 2008 12:00:00 +0100 Ecclesiastes, reduced to http://www.nthposition.com/ecclesiastesreduced.php http://www.nthposition.com/ecclesiastesreduced.php Thu, 01 May 2008 12:00:00 +0100 of my http://www.nthposition.com/ofmy.php http://www.nthposition.com/ofmy.php Thu, 01 May 2008 12:00:00 +0100 Holes which once held http://www.nthposition.com/holeswhich.php http://www.nthposition.com/holeswhich.php Thu, 01 May 2008 12:00:00 +0100 Hinge memory: post-Communist & Karaoke blackout http://www.nthposition.com/hingememorypost-communist.php http://www.nthposition.com/hingememorypost-communist.php Thu, 01 May 2008 12:00:00 +0100 Fire burst through the ceiling http://www.nthposition.com/fireburstthroughthe.php http://www.nthposition.com/fireburstthroughthe.php Thu, 01 May 2008 12:00:00 +0100 Departure lounge http://www.nthposition.com/departurelounge.php http://www.nthposition.com/departurelounge.php Thu, 01 May 2008 12:00:00 +0100 on the question of which thefts are justified: a series of poems after the Tang poet, Meng Jiao http://www.nthposition.com/onthequestionofwhich.php http://www.nthposition.com/onthequestionofwhich.php Thu, 01 May 2008 12:00:00 +0100 Hero http://www.nthposition.com/hero.php http://www.nthposition.com/hero.php Thu, 01 May 2008 12:00:00 +0100 Last words 1666 & Talking to tourists http://www.nthposition.com/lastwords1666amp.php http://www.nthposition.com/lastwords1666amp.php Thu, 01 May 2008 12:00:00 +0100 Feminine musk http://www.nthposition.com/femininemusk.php http://www.nthposition.com/femininemusk.php Thu, 01 May 2008 12:00:00 +0100