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...same time, preferring arm's-length communication by e-mail and conference calls. Stories about the exasperation of the Dallas powers-that-be started turning up in the local press. As a further twist, three years ago the Wyly's co-designer, Prince-Ramus, who headed the New York branch of Koolhaas' firm, broke away to start his own outfit, REX Architects. Though Koolhaas remained connected to the Wyly commission, it was largely Prince-Ramus who saw it through to completion and gets credited as "principal in charge...
...limited, and the task ahead remains enormous. Out of Rio's more than 1,000 favelas, the so-called Pacifier Police Divisions have been introduced in just four - authorities lack either the resources or the manpower to implement them all across the city, and they have resisted root-and-branch reforms of police forces that are unprofessional, corrupt, poorly paid and poorly armed in comparison to the drug gangs they face...
...Ling. Under Chinese pressure, the event's organizers initially rescinded the writers' invitations. Dai, who is based in Beijing, said her official plane ticket had been canceled, but she was able to attend the fair as an unofficial guest after obtaining a visa through the sponsorship of the German branch of the PEN writers' association. (See pictures of modern China in the making...
Imagine two restaurants, one at each end of a block. One is a famous four-star establishment, known for its fine cuisine; the other is a McDonald's, popular for its low prices and speedy service. If the élite restaurant opens a branch on every nearby block, it will lose its cachet as well as its customers. Likewise, if the McD's starts serving pricey, five-course meals, its fans will take a hike. That's the central notion of this illuminating book. Maney, a veteran business journalist, calls this dichotomy the "fidelity swap." He argues that there...
...drivers of the repatriation strategy, has had two homecomings of his own. His father, also named Carlos, was once Peru's central banker but was forced to leave the country following a military coup in October 1968. "He went from being Peru's central banker to an assistant branch manager at an office in San Francisco," says Rodriguez-Pastor, who was educated at the University of California, Berkeley, and at Dartmouth. His father rose through the ranks of Wells Fargo and returned to Peru as Finance Minister in 1983. In 1990, he started what became Interbank...