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...November. “It’s very exciting for our team as a whole because it means that we’ll be represented at the Singlehanded Nationals,” Watson said. The New England Women’s Singlehanded Championship, which was held in Bristol, R.I., was a series of individual races, though Watson still gives her team credit in her success. “That result reflects a lot of the training we’ve been doing as a team,” Waston said. “It’s an individual...
From the most local civic groups to the largest businesses, we all want to make a difference. General Electric, for example, donates large amounts of hospital equipment. Becton, Dickinson does the same with syringes and diagnostics. Novartis, GlaxoSmithKline, Merck, Pfizer, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Abbott Laboratories and others have launched major drug programs, backed by considerable staff efforts, to battle devastating diseases like malaria, HIV/AIDS, trachoma, leprosy, lymphatic filariasis and more...
...local journalists have been allowed to view court hearings via televised feed, while the state-controlled media has run lengthy screeds against the defendants. This about-face is a reaction by authorities to modern realities, says Martin Gainsborough, a political scientist and Vietnam expert at the University of Bristol in the U.K. Nearly 60% of Vietnamese are under 30 years old; many are Internet literate and able to access news and information from the outside world. There's no point in downplaying a political crackdown because people will find out about it anyway, Gainsborough says. Instead, the government has opted...
...Palacoeur For the head concierge at the Intercontinental Bora Bora resort--a former employee of the Paris Ritz, Le Crillon and Le Bristol--fulfilling guests' needs can be a challenge on a remote South Pacific island. "If a guest wants a Cuban cigar, he doesn't need to know you've anticipated his request by at least a month to get it through local customs," says Palacoeur, who lists among his triumphs securing a submarine for an underwater wedding in which the groom was a diver but the bride was not. "That was the deepest kiss I ever...
...literate, eager to join the global community and able to access news and information from the outside world. There's no point in downplaying a political crackdown because people will find out about it anyway, according to Martin Gainsborough, a political scientist and Vietnam expert at the University of Bristol in the U.K. Instead, the government is trying "to continually remind the public that these people are beyond the pale," Gainsborough says. "They need to keep the dissidents and the majority of citizens apart." The overall message: that activists are criminals, not dissidents - and that they are threatening Vietnam...