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Japan's Wasted Asset Thank you so much for your article on the lack of effort being made to utilize the intelligence and abilities of Japanese women [Oct. 10]. I am a Canadian woman teaching English in Japan, and I was shocked by how patriarchal Japanese society is. Your story quoted a women's rights activist as saying, "Women must work twice as hard as men to advance their careers because of prejudices within Japanese companies ... And then they have to go home and work three times as hard there." Japanese women work until their backs are literally bent...
...Steele was virtually unknown nationally before he was selected as the running mate of Republican gubernatorial candidate Robert Ehrlich in 2002. But after Ehrlich and Steele surprised the political establishment by winning the Maryland statehouse, Steele became an asset, as one of the few African-American Republicans in the country elected to statewide office. He landed a speaking slot at the Republican National Convention last year, and once incumbent Democratic Senator Paul Sarbanes announced he would not seek another term next year, Sen. Elizabeth Dole, who recruits candidates for the GOP, aggressively pursued Steele...
...like his controversial woman President, Lurie was asked to step aside. Unlike her, he acceded. "It was painful," Lurie told TIME, in his first interview since being replaced. "But I understand their decision. The screenplays and production were lagging behind. They have an asset that needs to be protected." Lurie will nominally stay with the show, but the reins will be turned over to veteran producer Steven Bochco (NYPD Blue). "I feel like my baby is being adopted," Lurie says. "But at least it's being adopted by a Rockefeller...
...prominence even higher.“He’s probably the most high-profile emerging markets investor in the world, right now,” Heller said. “If there’s somebody who’s the public face of the emerging markets asset class, it’s Mohamed.”El-Erian was seen as a likely successor for PIMCO Chief Investment Officer William H. Gross, who is in his 60s.“He’s certainly in a position where he’s clearly in the line...
...More recently, village officials have found new ways to line their pockets. China's booming real estate market makes rural land a valuable asset. Local governments increasingly depend on land sales as their main source of revenue. But in order to sell village property, they need to control the townships. This means making sure that their allies are elected as village chiefs. And, as was the case in Taishi, it can also mean attempts to rig local elections. In China's countryside, new alliances of ?lites have emerged among township officials, companies, high-ranking cadres, village leaders and the hired...