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...June 4]. Indeed, Singapore has been trying to remake itself into a vibrant, fun place by allowing nightclubs to remain open around the clock and casinos to operate within resorts. It will also become a stop on the Formula One Grand Prix circuit. But Singapore has managed to attract low-skilled workers from developing countries and a much smaller group of talented foreigners who are here only for the short term. Citizens tend to be apolitical and have a groupthink mentality because of the government's tight grip on civic and political activities. Singapore loses talented people who think...
...told photos of me in this condition would attract the gossip papers. So what? I have been very sick, am getting better and this is how it looks.... We spend too much time hiding illness. There is an assumption that I must always look the same. I hope to look better than I look now. But I'm not going to miss my festival...
...also good business. While traditional banks have struggled to attract the unbanked without outrageous charges, check cashers and payday loaners raked in an estimated $11 billion in fees from this $1 trillion economy. Cleveland-based KeyBank, for example, has attracted just 5,500 new customers in the past two years with its own check-cashing business, but has yet to make a profit from it. One problem is that people who have never had a bank account are distrustful of banks as a whole and feel unwelcome in institutions where they could not qualify for a checking account...
...troops. Instead, many animals moved to isolated swamp areas, and the southern armies had policies against shooting wildlife. Zebras and buffalo suffered drastic reductions, but elephants, ostriches, lions and leopards are thriving. Now Fay and Elkan are working with local authorities to establish policies that protect natural resources and attract travelers to see the migration. "Definitely," says Elkan, "tourism can happen here...
...reason why we should be forced to tie amnesty to it," he said in a statement, referring to the $4.4 billion allotment. "If the Administration was serious about fulfilling the border security promises, then this funding should have been supported all along, not offered at the last minute to attract votes to a bad bill...