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...cartoon by Breeden published Oct. 18, Kim Jong Il points to two peasants who appear to bow down before a nuclear weapon, only to have an onlooker remark, "Are you sure? It appears they’re eating dirt...." In Breen’s piece, four peasants appear to bow before Kim Jong Il, who grasps an atomic weapon in his right hand. "That’s it! Bow before your great leader!" he orders. An adviser says in an aside that "They’re eating the grass, sir." The two cartoons depict the idea that North Korea?...
Just as the starchy, bow-tied, dress-for-success suit is an artifact of an earlier age, The Power of Nice argues that the bossy broad that early self-help authors championed is outdated. Nice is the new mean, insist co-authors Linda Kaplan Thaler and Robin Koval. They bravely--and persuasively--endorse a more traditional feminine style. Says Koval: "The business world has developed in a male culture, where the worst thing that a man could say to another man is, 'You're a wimp. You're not tough enough.' As women came into business, a lot of them...
Despite some of those more contentious dealings, Tahari describes himself as a shy, spiritual man (he practices feng shui and follows the teachings of philosopher Eric Butterworth). You won't see him taking a bow on the runway or featuring his homes in magazines (although he could: he recently bought News Corp. boss Rupert Murdoch's 9,300-sq.-ft. SoHo triplex for a reported $25 million). "My life is my work and vice versa," he says. "I told my wife that when we got married, she had to be involved with my work or we couldn't be together...
...reading Time, I would like to boldly say that it has been worthwhile. Sixty years may be a very short span in the view of historians, but, to many of your readers, a 60th anniversary is a good reason to throw a big party. Time, please take a bow for excellent news reporting. Kester Ekekwe Jos, Nigeria I was pleased to read "Adoring a vacuum," about the Gastrovac, a new tool that vacuum-cooks foods at extremely low temperatures. I have tried to put at ease friends who are wary of the kitchen by stating that cooking is just...
...seat,” junior Moritz Hafner says. “But our boat was a little bit shorter. Still, it took them more than 15 minutes to really figure it out by looking at the photo.”Only the minutest fraction of Cornell’s bow ball kept Harvard from snatching its eighth national title.“How we ended the season last year will just fuel our competitive spirit this season,” senior Brian Aldrich says. “I definitely want one after what happened last year...