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...Asian economic miracle. And for a while in the mid-'90s, conditions in this slum actually improved. Some of the huts had running water piped in. Even the shabbiest shanties were wired for electricity. The main alleyways were paved. This was when Thailand's development and construction boom required the labor of every able-bodied person. There were shopping malls to be built, housing estates to be constructed, highways to be paved. And someone had to service those office buildings and corporate towers...
...toughest drug laws in the world. In Thailand, China, Taiwan and Indonesia, even a low-level drug trafficking or dealing conviction can mean a death sentence. Yet yaba is openly sold in Thailand's slums and proffered in Jakarta's nightclubs, and China's meth production continues to boom. Even Japan, renowned for its strict anti-drug policies, has had virtually no success in stemming speed use and abuse. "The drug situation is so serious right now that the Prime Minister himself is heading the anti-drug task force," says Yoshitaka Yamada, superintendent of the National Police Agency's Drug...
...traits. She has a lot of great traits: compassion and intelligence and looks," he says. And yet, perhaps inevitably, he talks as though this is a way to rewind and replay the life of someone he loves. "She really didn't have the opportunities we had in the baby-boom generation, because her parents experienced the Depression and the war," he says. "So the feeling is that maybe we could give her some opportunities that she didn't have. It would be sort of like we're taking care of her now. You know how when your parents...
...Fortunately, there are other choices-including red meats that cook and taste much like beef. Horsemeat, long prized in France, has been undergoing a boom there, with sales up 59% in December. Bison, only half as fat as chicken and with 30% more protein than beef, is also winning new European fans. More unusual offerings are starting to make their way into some markets and restaurants. Among them: ostrich, emu and kangaroo, all of which are lean and tender red meats. But, like bison, they are much more expensive than beef. Beef aficionados also claim the big birds tend...
Richey says part of the boom in interest in sororities is that more and more women are seeking out their own place at Harvard...