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...roast,” Friedman said. “We had no idea what to expect from him. He plays so many characters. We weren’t sure if he’d be crazy.” But during a press conference after the event, Walken was calm and reflective, despite the smears of lipstick on his cheek. He spoke of his love for the atmosphere of university towns and his appearance in a play at Harvard years earlier, as well as his early jobs as a lion tamer and a professional dancer. Despite his varied resume, Walken...
...East Timorese capital, Dili. They surrounded a small house and laid a ladder up against the partially completed second story; across the road, snipers with laser sights took up positions on the roof of a partly demolished house. The soldiers, members of the International Stabilization Force attempting to restore calm to East Timor, believed that hiding inside the three-bedroom home was one of the country's most wanted men, Lieutenant Gustao Salsinha - sought in connection with the Feb. 11 attacks on President Jose Ramos-Horta and Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao. They slipped up the ladder, through the upper story...
...richest men in China. He founded his company, now a huge conglomerate, in the early 1990s, with three friends from Shanghai's Fudan University. Today, like so many successful Chinese businessmen of his generation, he seems preternaturally calm when talking about why he believes the future is going to look a lot like the present: new houses go up, new houses get bought, more new houses...
...Although the streets of Dili remained calm in the immediate hours after the attack, groups of youth loyal to Reinado vowed to gather for an anti-government rally. A government spokesman said forces were being mobilized to deal with the angry Reinado supporters. But for the people of East Timor, who know just how quickly low-level violence can escalate into widespread bloodshed, Monday was a day to stay inside. Many offices were shuttered, and NGOs warned their staff to stay home. "I don't dare go out," says one East Timorese, who works for the United Nations. "If even...
...panic. Above all, remain calm. Or if you are already calm--in fact, I see a few of you dozing in the back row there--then wake up! An enormous convulsion is taking place in the Internet economy. Microsoft, the world's largest software company, wants to buy Yahoo!, which is (in its own words) "the world's largest global online network of integrated services," whatever that means, for $44.6 billion. Yahoo! is resisting. It's a complex, many-sided deal with repercussions in all directions. What does it mean for you? How will the world be different? Will your...