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The paper says that strategy worked because Germans are "tired of history lessons" and concerned that their society is fraying.
In the climax, the pair must walk a fraying tightrope between the twin towers of the world's tallest building (in Kuala Lumpur) while millennium fireworks explode around them.
The national infrastructure is fraying, with little renewal: Belgians have a high per-capita income and spend it generously on cars and dining, but what Rousseau called the esprit social seems lacking.
Is Paradise fraying at the edges?