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...Zobel has built Ayala’s ties with what V. Kasturi Rangan—an HBS professor whose work influenced Zobel—calls the “base of the pyramid” of Filipino society. Rangan said in an e-mail that Zobel and his brother moved the family’s business “decisively in the direction of improving the lives of the millions of Filipinos who are lower income or even below the poverty line...primarily because it also makes good business sense.” For example, Rangan said, more than...
...Let’s go,” she said, minutes after her and her brother ceased trading jabs with each other...
...conscious of the power of image in Pakistani politics, Benazir opted instead for the 130-foot onion dome. Impressive as its facade may be, however, it conceals a shabby interior of chipped marble floors and peeling concrete pillars. The walls bear spray-painted messages in support of her estranged brother, Murtaza Bhutto, murdered by unknown assailants 11 years ago. Not that she'll see these slogans questioning her credentials to lead Pakistan. Says the tomb's custodian, Muhammad Issa, "We will whitewash the walls before she returns...
...legal differential between consumers and suppliers of marijuana is enormous. Middle- and upper- class users of pot face essentially no consequences for their actions. Law enforcement across the country generally looks in the other direction when teenagers listening to the Flaming Lips (or their parents listening to Big Brother & The Holding Company) toke up in the evenings. When they do run into trouble, legal help is easy and effective. Nobody worries too much about serving hard time for smoking pot at home, and even hard-nosed stalwarts of the law have given up on prosecuting every offense of petty possession...
...will take at least a year for the Committee to go through the Katz claim. By all accounts, the Katz case is more complex than most restitution claims. Nathan and his brother Benjamin were not just private owners, but dealers with a thriving art gallery in their hometown of Dieren in the east of the country. They continued to buy and sell art throughout the war, even if from Basel, Switzerland, where Nathan moved his family in 1942. Many of their dealings were with Nazi art procurer Alois Miedl, who bought art for Hermann Goering and others. "Everyone says Nathan...