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...this New York summer has pushed those boundaries into murky waters: I begin each morning stuffing my black (sometimes chocolate brown, occasionally deep red) pointy-toed pumps into my shoulder bag, scurrying over sidewalks and across subway platforms in my well-worn Reefs. The contrast of casual Reefs against the most formal of business attire hardly raises an eyebrow from my subway companions; Fellow female commuters employ similar tactics, some donning socks and sneakers over their pantyhose, others opting for the ballet flat with their flared pant suit. And they do so not just for reasons of orthopedic health...
...fight, rather than something imposed by the West. After Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono was elected Indonesia's President in 2004, he made a public declaration of war on terrorism and vowed to convince his countrymen that Islamic radicalism was a threat not just to the West but to Indonesians themselves. Contrast that with the approach of Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf. Though he has been locked in battle with extremists since the army assault on Islamabad's Red Mosque last month, he has yet to acknowledge the strength of al-Qaeda militants based in Pakistan. As a result, when the U.S. points...
...cinema owners, or exhibitors, get the rest. After two weeks, they generally split the proceeds 70/30 and then down from there. Spider-Man 3, the most successful movie in America so far this year, made 45% of its profits to date on the first weekend. Titanic, by contrast, made 5%. The studios don't just want money, they want it fast. Spidey fast. Otherwise the guy who sells the popcorn and makes sure the toilets are clean gets too much...
...California. On Thursday I'm on my way to Singapore, and on Saturday I'm in Delhi. By the following Sunday I'm up at 11,500 ft. (3,500 m) in Ladakh, the whole of Friday seeming to have vanished into thin air. (Monday, by contrast, lasted 36 hours and counting...
...South Korea to take any steps that will help resolve the nuclear issue, and this meeting is going forward within that framework," says Kim Won Woong, chief of the National Unification Committee in South Korea's parliament and a member of Roh Moo Hyun's ruling Uri party. By contrast, in 2000, the parliamentarian told TIME, "neither the U.S. nor China [the North's most important ally] supported the inter-Korean summit. It's different this time." Now, not just the South Korean president wants to see the ice of the Cold War in Korea melting, but George W. Bush...