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...collide with it at Takamatsu. Complications ensue, as do very realistic wet dreams involving both the librarian and the hairdresser. But are they dreams? And did he really kill his father? Typically, Murakami leaves strands untied, though a shaken but wiser Kafka returns home to be "part of a brand-new world." Kafka lacks the narrative consistency of Norwegian Wood and the noirish menace of his 1989 classic A Wild Sheep Chase. But what a tale! You never know when the cats will talk, the sky will rain sardines or yet another show-stopping character will step forward...
...jungle. Besides enjoying a brief reprieve from Germany's damp and chilly weather, guests can also take samba lessons and drink fruit-and-rum cocktails under thatched roofs. A four-hour ticket costs $20 during the week and $26 on weekends, which includes transfer from the train station in Brand. tel: (49-35477) 60 50 50; www.my-tropical-islands.com
...little known outside the U.S. , has dumped stakes in a string of European telecom operators over the last two years. So while SBC cheers the prospect of extending its reach, Dillon suggests it's all about the name; SBC would be "crazy" if it dropped the AT&T brand from international services, he says. SBC, meanwhile, hasn't ruled out keeping it. Now that's showing respect for your elders. - By Adam Smith Profits By The Barrel Royal Dutch/Shell announced a 2004 profit of $18.5 billion, the highest ever for a British-listed company. That followed similarly upbeat earnings from...
...Procter & Gamble's Old Spice and Gillette's Right Guard. (P&G and Gillette have announced plans to merge.) Although sales of Old Spice, for instance, have grown for 10 straight years, Axe is the mover of the moment. Unilever has spent more than $100 million marketing the brand since its August 2002 launch. Wearing Axe will lead to the ultimate male fantasies, imply the ads; one shows a refrigerator stuffed with nothing but whipped-cream bottles and the line "The Axe Effect." The company places ads in such media outlets as Maxim and FHM, which target primarily young-male...
...furor over Summers’ remarks, “the response of the president and the central administration would continue to be slow,” said Professor Evelynn M. Hammonds, who yesterday was named chair of the brand-new Task Force on Women Faculty...