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...Pacquiao is a source of local pride, but the attention he receives is sometimes dangerous. Dionisia has been robbed, and there have been threats made against his children; the tall walls, the guard tower and the bodyguard manning his house are clearly meant to discourage casual visitors. The boy who had nothing has much to lose now. Under orders from Pacquiao, his sons - toddlers Emmanuel Jr. and Michael - are kept in an air-conditioned back room all day, out of reach of kidnappers. Pacquiao has said he'll forbid his sons to enter the ring, but Dionisia understands how powerless...
...disseminated nightly through the TV news filter. This is not only a problem because it creates crises like the one I experienced over spring break, but more importantly because it makes the Harvard bubble even more impenetrable and robs students of an invaluable setting in which to have some casual fun and take a bit of time to relax...
...dirty work of Hamas is devised and executed by killers like the man I knew initially as Mohammed. When I met him the first time, on a downtown Gaza City street, the meeting had been arranged to look like a casual encounter as we walked amid the regular Hamas rally after Friday noon prayers. He was worried I might be a spotter for Israeli military hit teams who employ informants, sometimes unwittingly, to lure targets into range. But he felt comfortably anonymous among the noisy, armed Hamas partisans...
...Group, a retail-trend tracking company, only 38% of women who buy golf apparel actually play in it. "Golf is more than just a practical sport now," says Marshal Cohen, chief analyst at the NPD Group. "People are buying golf clothes for multiuse, as a way to make casual clothing dressier." So it makes sense that fashion designers like John Galliano and Karl Lagerfeld are also getting into the game with funky golf-apparel lines that are not just for the fairway. At Christian Dior, Galliano--who has never picked up a club in his life--has created a line...
...investment banking and AIG in the insurance area. We think two growth areas are orthopedic-device companies and restaurants. We're going to end up with amazing things like artificial cartilage. In the meantime we are getting minimally invasive hip replacement. Companies in this area are Stryker and Zimmer. Casual dining includes companies like Applebee's and Cheesecake Factory, which benefit from families not sitting down together at home anymore but going out to do that...