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...relinquishing control of the Panama Canal-difficult to explain politically but in the nation's best long-term interests. Does anyone actually believe that the management suits in Dubai would run those ports any differently from the suits in Britain? Wouldn't the new Arab owners be even more conscious of security, since they wouldn't want their newly bought assets destroyed by terrorists? Several intelligence experts told me last week that Dubai has been our most reliable Arab ally since Sept. 11. Even Richard Clarke, the former Bill Clinton and Bush counterterrorism specialist, who rarely has a kind word...
...Bangkok's Siam Center shopping mall, selling reasonably priced clothes that melded international urban chic with local tastes. For its co-owner and designer, an advertising executive named Bhanu Inkawat, the shop was little more than a weekend hobby. But in 2003, with Thailand starting to become more fashion conscious, Bhanu saw an opportunity: he quit his day job and poured his energy into Greyhound. Today, Bhanu, 50, presides over a growing style empire with 12 designers, 14 clothing stores and seven caf?s in Bangkok, franchises in Taipei and Manila, and outlets in dozens of cities including New York...
...NEWMAN: We?re very conscious of his manners. We remind him to say please and thank you. He?s already good at saying he?s sorry. But he needs more practice socializing with other children. He?s still a little territorial...
...legend that my grandfather boxed with JFK back in 1937, and that Grandpa completely kicked his ass. Technical Knock-Out in the first round. Ivy League playboy millionaire teeth scattered over the ring, Kennedy babbling out “I-ah, er-ah...” in a half-conscious state...
...great swashbuckling politician with 30 years of congressional experience, Johnson had proved a powerful manipulator of men and institutions,” Yoo wrote. “[But] as he entered the presidency, Johnson was conscious of his ignorance, and decided to rely on Kennedy’s advisers to help carry the load...