The Indian Express -- Expressions

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Sunday, November 16 1997

Letters to the Editor

Slow growth? We'll raise it

Neither the Prime Minister nor his Finance Minister need to be unduly worried about the year's poor economic growth. Given the wide, and increasing, discrepancies in estimates, it's relatively easy to present almost any kind of number for GDP, investment, consumption, or anything else that you desire.

The Boss Lady of Foggy Bottom

"I would like to thank the North Korean Permanent Representative for his remarks. My birthday is in two days and he has made me feel 40 years younger, taking his speech directly out of the Cold War." Madeleine Korbel Albright is the bluntest -- some would say brassiest -- foreign policy prima donna ever, not averse to throwing in a macho word or two.

Whose scoop is it anyway?

The Jain Commission report has set off a storm of claims in media circles that almost rivals the political controversy it has triggered. The much-trumpeted publication of excerpts from the 17-volume interim report that was six years in the making has put India Today back where it feels it belongs -- as the country's premier news magazine.

Slow growth? We'll raise it

Whose scoop is it anyway?

"If I am blamed, Indira Gandhi and MGR are even more guilty"

The Boss Lady of Foggy Bottom

Inside track -- Myth and reality