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...other scenarios could emerge. Chung and other rising political stars like Park Geun Hye, daughter of former autocrat Park Chung Hee might engineer a new party to fight the election. If South Korea's Prince Charming does enter the fray, the outsider aura he's enjoying now could burn off. And, as one MDP insider and Chung skeptic puts it: "The Korean public can distinguish between sports and politics." But stretching out in his seat on the plane to Cheju, Chung already sounds like he's on the stump, talking about improving standards of living, tackling what he sees...
...This is where the sacred and the commercial comfortably converge. The city of 2 million hosts more than 50,000 funerals a year, and shopkeepers are more likely to sell sandalwood logs, incense and tinsel garlands?the paraphernalia of death?than savory samosas. It takes about three hours to burn a body, and the cost can be prohibitive, usually starting at $200 for a modest affair. Whole streets are dedicated to the selling of shrouds and the influx of tourists has spawned a new school of opportunists. Papu, a self-appointed guide to the Hindu rituals of death, walks visitors...
...swapping community. The music industry has tried everything from lawsuits to substitutes, launching sites where subscribers can download music for a fee. But for every Napster they kill, more spring up to take its place. And the labels' own online services - like Pressplay, which charges $9.95 to let subscribers burn 10 tracks a month - have lost money and left customers cold. In fact, it's still not clear that free sites are even bad for business. The industry blamed online piracy for last year's 5% drop in CD sales, but didn't mention that CD sales climbed to record...
Harvard’s philosophy behind departing from other schools’ practice of admitting borderline waitlisted legacies immediately can be found in the admissions office’s missive to parents, “Time Out or Burn Out for the Next Generation...
Harvard’s philosophy behind departing from other schools’ practice of admitting borderline waitlisted legacies immediately can be found in the admissions office’s missive to parents, “Time Out or Burn Out for the Next Generation...