Hitchens thinks this is a development that has been overlooked.
It is a development that has infuriated unions, employees and the left wing of his party.
It's a development that has already raised concerns about the impact on global economic recovery.
It is a development that has been particularly visible in high-profile revivals like last year's "Electra" on Broadway.
Children are not immune, with 231 abductions recorded as of the end of October, a development that has sickened people here.
Now Mr. Torricelli is enmeshed in a federal investigation into his 1996 campaign finances, a development that has no doubt given hope to his enemies.
The company's biggest investment, its stake in Yahoo and the portal's various international subsidiaries, keeps losing value, a development that has made investors cautious.
Tankers are expected to begin hauling oil from Tengiz through Turkey's crowded Bosporus next month, a development that has alarmed Turkish officials and environmental advocates.
His remarks on the resurgence of religion are more interesting, and point to a development that has taken liberal opinion by surprise.
However, this would require the creation of a European banking union, a development that has stalled due to lack of enthusiasm in Germany.
"Tehillim" was Mr. Reich's first public engagement with his Jewish faith, a development that has continued in a number of his more recent works.
