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...nothing, more violence resulted." That Fleischer, who normally mouths the daily message with well-practiced ease, was the one who caused the machine to seize up came as a surprise to top Administration officials. Within an hour, National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice, White House chief of staff Andrew Card and counselor Karen Hughes had all gathered in the press secretary's office to insist he make a formal retraction, which he did. "Ari made a mistake," Hughes said later. "What he said was not U.S. policy." As another top official told TIME: "Ari usually sticks pretty close to message. This...
...consultants Lynne C. Lancaster and David Stillman. A middle-aged manager had come to the aid of a younger employee on a project. The cadet took the time to send a thank-you note, but it was an electronic version, which failed to impress his mentor. "I get a card that basically costs nothing and required no effort to send, after I gave so much," she groused. "Am I supposed to be flattered by that...
...years. Yet most Special Administrative Region residents speak of the horse-racing monopoly not with resentment but with a hint of veneration. When toting up personal possessions signifying ascendance in Hong Kong society, along with the Mercedes-Benz and the house on the Peak goes a Jockey Club membership card. Access to the club's posh dining rooms and exclusive turfside suites is an honor generally reserved for the ?lite, the wealthy and the connected...
...Seoul has also unleashed long pent-up consumer demand by easing limits on credit-card use, among other measures. Koreans were once avid savers, encouraged by government policies designed to funnel domestic capital to industry to bulk up manufacturing capacity. Today, citizens are shopping more and saving less?South Korea's savings rate measured against GDP has declined by 10 percentage points since 1987. In the rest of Asia, by contrast, domestic savings rates have remained at Scroogian levels...
...Dicey finances, hints of bribery, a financial collapse?FIFA president Sepp Blatter might have done well at Enron. Though he says all's well with football's ruling body, many in the sport see the launch of an internal investigation into FIFA's finances as tantamount to a yellow card for Blatter...