That this is not yet regarded as universal truth distresses him, most particularly on his visits to Israel.

ECONOMIST: Famous economists

Three years ago, Singapore experienced its lowest birth rate in history, a fact that distresses its leaders, but apparently not the couples who pack the nightclubs and party all night.

FORBES: Just the ticket

And one of the facts about British-born Caribbean men that most distresses their womenfolk is that, of those in employment, more than half choose not a black partner but a white one.

ECONOMIST: Black Britain