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...behind you know what you are doing, he will never make way for you. He'll speed up!'" Fang Shou'en, director of China's National Traffic Accident Prevention Committee, says such offensive driving behavior is nearly universal among China's aggressive, me-first motorists. "There is no concept of right-of-way," he says. "It is like survival of the fittest...
...Simply introducing the concept to the people of Menzies took time. "At first the town all thought he was nuts," says Earnshaw. There was "much talking," recalls Lorraine Williams. "He sat down and drew us a picture, and showed us what would happen." Some nine months later, in July 2002, the town was ready for its close-up. Headus 3D scanning equipment, used by the U.S. military to design uniforms and scar masks for burn patients, was trucked from Sydney and installed in a white booth in Menzies' town hall. Persuading 130 people to enter, strip naked and allow...
...Judeo-Christian heritage, our secular present, and the worldwide expansion of both." The phrase "clash of civilizations," later popularized by Harvard political scientist Samuel Huntington, is now regularly invoked by political analysts to explain images of angry demonstrators in an Arab country chanting anti-American slogans. Though the concept is subtle and complex in the hands of these two leading academics, the media tend to boil it down to this: the cultures of the U.S. and Europe, with their heritage of democracy, civil liberties and women's rights, are doomed to collide with Islam, which is trapped by tradition into...
...airline," says David Siegel, former president and CEO of US Airways Group Inc. and Gate Gourmet's newly appointed chairman and CEO. "Now, it is the passenger." How do passengers feel about forking over money for food? Dalene Nichols, spokeswoman for Sky Chefs, says its customers "are embracing the concept." In fact, recent company surveys show that 87% of them think Sky Chefs meals are a good value. Audrey McCool, professor of food-and-beverage management at the University of Nevada in Las Vegas, isn't so sure. On a recent flight, she was served a sandwich that was "smashed...
...sell to children is simple, but you have to be a firm adult. Just say no, and explain that the sugary cereal--or whatever--is bad for children, but that the company wants to sell it to make money. You'd be surprised how easily young kids get this concept. LANA CARLSSON-IRWIN Wayland, Mass...