Indonesiaâs economy, the largest in South-East Asia, is slowing. Annual growth fell to 5.2% in the first quarter, its slowest rate in more than four years. Wasteful energy subsidies are costing the government some $30 billion a year and contribute to a destabilising current-account deficit.
William Gilbert (/ËÉ¡ÉªlbÉrt/ ; 24 May 1544 â 30 November 1603), also known as Gilberd, was an English physician, physicist and natural philosopher. He passionately rejected both the prevailing Aristotelian philosophy and the Scholastic method of university teaching.
The Gilbert and Sullivan Story by John Kenrick. Copyright 2000-2003. Beginnings; Trial By Jury; The Sorcerer (All the photos below are thumbnails â click on them to see larger versions.) William Gilbert â Arthur Sullivan â Richard D'Oyly Carte Beginning in the 1870s, three Englishmen -- playwright William S. Gilbert and composer Arthur Sullivan--revolutionized the musical theatre, creating a series of witty, melodic operettas that set a new standard for stage professionalism.