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...roots of Islamic rage are unflattering to Islam and to Muslims. In his 1981 book Among the Believers: An Islamic Journey, V.S. Naipaul suggested that anger and dispossession are endemic to Islam and easily spill over into fanaticism. For others, Islamic terrorism is the most extreme expression of an age-old conflict between Islam and the West. In a 1990 essay, Princeton historian Bernard Lewis wrote that Muslim anger against the West "is no less than a clash of civilizations - the perhaps irrational but surely historic reaction of an ancient rival against our Judeo-Christian heritage, our secular present...
...Vegas casino operators are placing their biggest bets on China, where the Middle Kingdom's age-old penchant for gambling is dovetailing with the world's fastest-growing economy. Chinese millionaires are being minted every day, and the World Trade Organization predicts that the country's booming middle class will encompass half a billion people by 2014. "And frankly," says MGM Mirage CEO Terry Lanni, "there's not much to do with that money there to enjoy yourself...
...plans last month to build a casino in Macau, Merrill Lynch predicted that the development would add five times more value to the company than its proposed mega-merger with the Strip-centric Mandalay Bay. So far, Vegas casino operators are placing their biggest bets on China, where an age-old penchant for gambling is dovetailing with the world's fastest-growing economy. Millionaires are being minted every day in China, and the World Trade Organization predicts the country's booming middle class will boast half a billion people by 2014. "And frankly," says MGM Mirage CEO Terry Lanni, "there...
...York) has no inclination to go back, only an obligation to go, and for no longer than he has to. As his early airplane nightmare and cache of prescription bottles suggests, this is not an easy return, but it’s made easier by that age-old re-encounter with childhood friends, who also happen to be working as grave diggers at his mother’s funeral. They waste no time in inviting him to a party that night...
...organizations are limited by the turmoil of turnover. Most institutional memory lasts four years at best. As one class graduates, another ascends into leadership positions. Inevitably, they chart a new course for their organizations. For a few months, they reinvent the wheel, trying to move forward while stumbling over age-old problems...