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It’s times like this that I dislike The Economist’s refusal to put bylines on its storied. Nonetheless, last week’s correspondents diary about traveling along the fringes of Burma is well worth reading.

The moment doesn’t last long, but for a few seconds I can picture what her life was probably like before all this. Perhaps she can too. Then her weariness consumes her again, and she is back to being a victim of all that is wrong with Myanmar.

EDIT (2/07/08): According to More Intelligent Life, it’s Roger McShane (whose website will resize your browser window.)