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These days a growing number of proprietors are adding one-of-a-kind indigenous attractions to the deck. "Now that every plush hotel has the same wonderful beds and beautiful marble, luxury resorts have to create unique personalities," says Pam Danziger, president of Unity Marketing, a firm that tracks affluent consumers' spending habits...
...Some 80% or more public schools still report rankings to inquiring universities and colleges, but a growing number of high schools in the Chicago area and around the country - in mostly affluent districts from California to Miami to New Jersey - have already adopted the practice. A much higher number of private schools do not share their rankings, including some independent schools in Chicago that, for example, have cum laude societies that recognize the top 10% of a class but choose to allow the student body - not GPA - dictate who speaks at graduation. Even in Naperville, a valedictorian is still expected...
...Morales hoped to consolidate a leftist revolution that has turned South America's poorest nation into a regional player. And while Morales' forces won for the most part, the results also deepened the sense of showdown between Bolivia's poor, indigenous western highlands and a small but powerful affluent white elite in the eastern lowlands...
...back home. Going to India for elective surgery is a very viable option: it's cheaper, Indian health care is world class, and the postoperative care is next to unbeatable. I was happy to read that Americans are finally discovering that good health care is not something only the affluent or insured can enjoy...
...Charter schools only arise where people are not satisfied with the school system—no one is calling for charter schools in Newton, Lexington, Belmont, or Brookline,” Nolan says, referring to some nearby, affluent towns with high-performing schools. “Charter schools give people who are not rich an alternative to their regular schools, and the threat of competition spurs the public schools to improve...