It is questionable whether most Malays want the mullahs of Islam to have more influence in their daily lives, at the expense of the pleasures of secularism.

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Last month, the Daily Telegraph published receipts and expense claims that had previously been kept secret, information that the authorities, to their shame, have even now only released in a half-hearted way, thick with black ink.

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For all its problems and expense, the millions who use it daily is a testament to its convenience and (on a good day) its speed.

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But it may do so at the expense of their attentiveness towards strangers encountered physically (rather than virtually) in daily life.

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These are the amounts deducted daily from mutual fund accounts, and it's a good idea to favor funds that have low expense ratios.

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