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...Letter in response to this article: Dyson is on to something with return-to-work move / From Gerry Curtis, Bristol, UK...
...Gerry (Ben Mendelsohn) is an estate agent crippled with gambling debt who meets charismatic traveller Curtis (Ryan Reynolds) at a Texas Hold’em table....
...He buys Gerry a bourbon: a Woodford, the good stuff, the start of a curious friendship. Later, the pair find a bar. “Who do you owe?” Curtis asks, and Gerry glances around the place....
...“It’s a very sad commentary on postwar politics,” says Gerry Curtis, professor of political science at Columbia University....
...For the time being, Beijing is not looking to ratchet up the crisis with Japan,” said Gerry Curtis, a political-science professor at Columbia University....
...“For the electorate as a whole, the only thing worse than having Abe in office is not having Abe in office,” says Gerry Curtis, professor of political science at Columbia University....
...“Everything he’s done so far is pain-free,” says Gerry Curtis, an expert on Japanese politics at Columbia University, referring to the fiscal and monetary stimulus that has comprised the first two “arrows...
...Gerry Curtis, an expert on Japan at Columbia University, says the LDP looks set for a big win not because of any strong endorsement of its policies, but because the ruling DPJ’s three years in government...
...If they continue to ratchet up the pressure then that will play into the hands of Abe and other right-wingers in the LDP because it will build public support for more nationalist policies,” says Gerry Curtis...
...“If he wants to be a successful prime minister, he will concentrate on the economy,” says Gerry Curtis, a Japan expert at Colombia University....
...“The public is hungry for someone who believes in what he says and sticks to it,” says Gerry Curtis, an expert on Japan at Columbia University....
...It’s a party of small government and American-style capitalism – that doesn’t go down here,” said Gerry Curtis, a veteran analyst of Japanese politics....
...“He’s as far from wishy-washy as you can get,” says Gerry Curtis, a Japan expert at Columbia University....
...There is almost no chance that the Henoko Bay move will go ahead as planned and on schedule, argues Gerry Curtis, a veteran observer of Japanese politics....
...So far the prospects do not look good, says Gerry Curtis, an expert on Japan at Columbia University....
...“There is going to be very little governing going on around here for months to come,” says Gerry Curtis, an expert on Japan at Columbia University....
...Gerry Curtis, a seasoned observer of Japanese politics at Columbia university, says he has been disappointed by Mr Hatoyama’s administration....
...Gerry Curtis, a veteran observer of Japanese politics, says: “No one who has known Ozawa would think that he will remain quietly behind the scenes. The Ozawa problem is not really solved.”...
...Gerry Curtis, an expert on Japan at Columbia University, praises Mr Noda as one of the DPJ’s rising stars and a likely future candidate for prime minister. “Noda is smart,” he says....
...Gerry Curtis, a seasoned observer of Japan’s political scene at Columbia university, says of the LDP: “I don’t think it’s going to disintegrate and they do have four years [in opposition] to figure it out...
...Gerry Curtis, a Japan expert at Columbia University, said Mrs Clinton’s trip would go a long way to easing concerns....
...I checked these observations with Gerry Curtis, a seasoned academic from Columbia University who spends half the year in Japan....
...But Gerry Curtis, professor of international relations at Columbia University, is probably right in saying that previous presidents, including Bill Clinton, soon softened their stance....
...Gerry Curtis, a Japan expert at Columbia University, said: “I don’t think the election is going to be the straw that broke the camel’s back. The party is not going to dump him yet.”...
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