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...when the financial crisis hit Asia, Sondhi came down to earth. His media group crumpled, and by 2000 he was declared bankrupt. The following year, however, Sondhi's fortunes revived. His group was still in the hands of creditors, but he started new companies that won contracts to produce prime-time shows on state-owned television. State-owned lender Krung Thai Bank backed him, and Sondhi eulogized Thaksin's leadership and economic prowess-something that he now says was an error...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Taking Heat | 2/12/2006 | See Source »

...Potter drove the trucks themselves and found salesmen who would patiently teach bar managers and convenience-store owners about specialty beer. They even started distributing rival beers, turning that into a hugely profitable business. "It kept us alive when almost all the other small breweries in our area went bankrupt," Hindy says...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Beer Buddies | 2/7/2006 | See Source »

...group sworn to Israel's destruction moderate once in office? Certainly discrepancies between the Hamas charter and its campaign platform suggest moderation is possible, as do initial Hamas statements supporting an extension of the current cease-fire with Israel. But Hamas will immediately face grave challenges such as a bankrupt treasury, nervous international donors and, most importantly, a decentralized security force and the fact that groups such as Fatah's al-Aqsa Martyrs brigades and Iranian-funded Islamic Jihad are well outside its control. How Hamas handles these three key issues will provide the best guide for whether we should...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: More Opinions on Hamas' Victory | 1/31/2006 | See Source »

...Siby came to France to work in 1968 and never left. He began as a Paris street sweeper, and ended up at a butcher shop. Since it went bankrupt seven years ago, he's become a kind of elder sage in Clichy-sous-Bois. He says there are many reasons why the young men in the neighborhood are disaffected and angry. Schools are often inadequate, jobs are scarce. But the big problem, Siby says, is housing. "These young guys need studio apartments. Instead they're in their twenties, still stuck in their parents' places with their little brothers and sisters...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: France | 1/23/2006 | See Source »

...alternatives to evolution, that’s a different thing,” Hanken said. Hall said that Harvard would benefit from a course that could explore intelligent design in a non-scientific setting. “Courses that explore the various ways in which it is completely scientifically bankrupt would be a good idea,” Hall said. Hanken, who said that Harvard scientists have a greater opportunity, but not a responsibility, to use their visibility to support evolution, said that he will work with other Harvard scientists to support evolutionary biology. “Many Harvard scientists...

Author: By Rachel Banks, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Professors React to Ruling on Science | 1/11/2006 | See Source »

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