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...shot of night sky, stars, dawn slowly breaking, finally full daylight, as the? sound track comes alive with loud crickets, braying, mooing and breathy, muffled screams. Brilliant sunshine bathes the family's kitchen as they take morning prayer in a silence broken only by the loud ticking of the clock. Esther raises her eyes, Johan says, "Amen," and the children dive wordlessly into their cereal. After the meal, Esther leaves to shepherd the kids on errands, returning briefly to tell Johan to take some time for himself this morning. Alone, he weeps uncontrollably...
...government for years has been trying to liven up the place. In 2002 nightclubs were allowed for the first time to remain open around the clock, an attempt to inject some oxygen into the tourist trade and nightlife (lawmakers also repealed a law barring dancing on tabletops). Two years ago, city officials stopped tinkering and got serious: over considerable public objection, gambling was legalized. The government subsequently struck deals with major gaming companies to build two casino/resort developments, each costing about $4 billion. When completed, they will be the twin suns around which a solar system of new developments...
Some SKIP clients, like Amy Goldman Putman, are relatively fortunate. Her son Jacob was born with serious lung disease and related complications. For the first few years of his life, he was dependent on a respirator and needed a feeding tube and round-the-clock nursing care (he threw up 18 to 20 times a day), all of which kept him going in and out of the hospital. Putman thought she was on the verge of a nervous breakdown. "When Jake was born, the world as I knew it disappeared," says Putman. "Margaret knows the patient's rights, comes...
...success, of the star pupils who do their homework, please their teachers and go on to earn solid middle-manager salaries. But business fortunes are built, like Pick-a-Pair victories, on risk, a little luck and pricing assets: calculating, assessing value and never overbidding. (And against a ticking clock.) People who do that are the ones who amass billions, drive the economy and bankroll politicians. They don't need to know when the Magna Carta was signed; they hire the guy who does...
...block with a municipal bus transfer station, shuttle vans and the last stop on the commuter rail line connecting the city with Los Angeles. It consists of two buildings: One unattended, houses up to 44 bikes whose owners pay $12 a month or $96 a year for round-the-clock access; the other, with 32 spaces, is staffed daily until 6 p.m., and offers repairs, rentals, accessories, snacks and riding lessons, as well as free valet parking. Although initially subsidized by the city, the fees and revenues now cover more than two-thirds of the annual $150,000 operating costs...