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...years, so I was not surprised at the lack of details from the imperial court pertaining to the conception or birth of the royal heir. But I was perplexed and disappointed that TIME echoed the themes of Princess Kiko's "miraculous pregnancy" and the birth of a "miracle boy" with as much awe as if they were an immaculate conception and a divine birth. I expected TIME to report the factual aspects of such joyous news. Dolly Koghar Bangkok...
...self-described "country boy," Ban was born in 1944, when South Korea was under Japanese occupation, and spent his childhood in the shadow of the Korean War. He had diplomatic postings in New Delhi and Washington, at the U.N. and in Vienna before becoming South Korea's Foreign Minister in 2004. The years abroad gave him global contacts and helped protect his reputation from the taint of South Korea's toxic political environment. "He doesn't make enemies," says Yang Sun Mook, a senior official of the country's opposition Democratic Party. "He makes friends." But Ban can also...
Gaultier showed an equally commercial collection of slouchy athletic-inspired dresses over neon-bright fishnet stockings. Like Galliano, Gaultier has never been at a loss for ideas. And he celebrated his 30th anniversary in fashion by marching every one of those bad-boy notions down his runway--from the prescient 1976 leather motorcycle-jacket look to Madonna's cone-bra dress. Every look came off as current, which is why Gaultier is so good. He knows how to break the rules and keep his clothes classic. Fashion could do worse when looking for a new engine: create that which...
...empathize with what must be nothing less than a herculean effort by the parents in your story to get the best education for their autistic son. They are real modern-day heroes. It pained me to read the complaints of those who said public funding of the autistic boy's education causes other children to lose out. Those words could only be uttered in ignorance. Most students don't have special needs and are free to amass what knowledge they can from a standard education...
...autumn day, and a shady green lawn beckons through an open window, but they dare not sit outside. It's too public. "There are certain places where I know I can't talk to my male friends," says Ikran. When asked what would happen if she talked to a boy at the library, for example, she just shrugs. "I don't know. I would never try it. I'm too afraid...