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...rethink almost every aspect of our education system, including when kids finish high school and who runs our schools. That was the conclusion of a blistering report from a blue-ribbon panel called the New Commission on Skills of the American Workforce, released Thursday in an all-day event in Washington, D.C. The commission of heavyweights included four former cabinet secretaries, the president of the American Manufacturers Association, the chancellor of the California State University system, executives from Viacom Inc. and Lucent Technologies, and other government and education leaders. Its call-to-action report, entitled Tough Choices or Tough Times...
THERE IS NO SHORTAGE OF PLACES TO GO. Entertainment entrepreneurs Levent Buyukugur and Berk Eksioglu, of the Doors Group, compare themselves to the Costes brothers in Paris and are the pioneers behind a swanky all-day diner, a kitchenette, a host of restaurants and the outdoor nightclub and sushi bar Vogue, which has spectacular water views and is named after the one fashion glossy that isn't yet in the Turkish market ("They want to come, but we have the name," says Buyukugur). The pair recently entered into the hotel market with Ajia, a bijoux boutique hotel on the Asian...
...Maybe it was because the party was “advertised” at the end of a three page “list of possible great things to do tonight,” which included everything from a Rembrandt docent tour at a museum to an all-day seminar on exports in Boston (which was over by the time the e-mail was sent). Or maybe it was the time-change announcement sent out at midnight. Whatever the reason, the Cabot “party” looked much more like a scam for a free $100 from...
...Anticipating an uptick in Sunni insurgent activity, the Iraqi government cancelled all military leave and put security forces on high alert. With much of the Sunni Triangle under an all-day curfew, pro-Saddam insurgents had few opportunities to express their reaction to the verdict; in Baghdad, there was only sporadic violence. Saddam's defense lawyer, Khalil al-Dulaimi, warned in an open letter to President Bush that "this decision will set the country ablaze again and plunge the entire region into the unknown." However after the verdict al-Dulaimi told the Associated Press that Saddam had urged Iraqis...
...full editorial control. For Rather, that means he can pursue stories without worrying about what the suits upstairs think. "Free people in a democratic system need hard news," says Rather, who plans to roam the country in pursuit of serious stories and heavy hitting interviews. "I am an all-day runner and a long distance hunter." The Ratherisms too are back...