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Such tactics have helped the uninspiring Calderón close López's once-sizable lead in the polls, although he suffered a setback this month when López disclosed that while Calderón was Fox's Energy Secretary, his brother-in-law received a piñata of lucrative federal contracts. Says political analyst Sergio Aguayo: "The fact that López is daring to come to the presidency without his hands tied by privileged interests is something new for Mexico. And it scares a lot of powerful people...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Politics of Immigration ? in Mexico | 6/27/2006 | See Source »

With George Bush the official piñata of the music industry (see chart, above) the Dixie Chicks' ordeal should have cooled by now. "We struggle with that all the time," says Maguire. "Are we picking the scab of something that's already healed? Because we don't know what people are thinking." Radio programmers make it their business to know. "They're still through the floor," says Dale Carter, program director at KFKF in Kansas City, Mo. "There's a technology called the Dial where listeners react to songs, and every time we test the Dixie Chicks ..." Carter makes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Chicks In the Line of Fire | 5/21/2006 | See Source »

...Western Europeans have been the first to catch on to this bargain, particularly young budget travelers?they make up almost half of the guests at the 143-room Aurora sanatorium, tel: (996-39) 437 3389. Situated outside the town of Cholpon-Ata, Aurora offers full board and a range of treatments for just $60 a night. When not taking baths in sulfur-rich mud hauled up from Lake Issyk-Kul's shore (the mud is said to be good for skin disorders and arthritis), or breathing the air in one of the salt rooms (therapeutic, apparently, for people with asthma...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Spa Trek | 3/13/2006 | See Source »

...from further afield with cheap accommodation and treatment packages. West Europeans have been the first to catch onto this bargain, particularly young budget travelers - they make up almost half of the guests at the 143-room Aurora, sanatorium tel: (996-39) 437 3389. Situated outside the town of Cholpon-Ata, Loh and Behold Avant-garde murals and imaginative furnishings characterise a new Singapore hotel Identity Parade An iconic style magazine marks its quarter century Summits of Style Esoteric treatments in a minimalist setting A Starflyer Is Born In-flight comfort with an internet connection in every seat Take a Hike...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Spa Trek | 3/9/2006 | See Source »

...Justice anti-trust lawyers go along. That will eventually mean fewer carriers and slightly higher fares. There will almost certainly be more mergers like the one that is already underway between America West and US Airways. Southwest, which traditionally remains aloof from its peers, recently paired up with bankrupt ATA Airlines. Continental, Delta and Northwest already have joined up in other ways, so it is possible those three airlines could become one. American Airlines, which in the past has cooperated with Seattle-based Alaskan Airlines, may want to revive that partnership...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Airline Bankruptcies and You | 9/15/2005 | See Source »

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