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...native speaker and prefers to conduct interviews through an interpreter. Since becoming Prime Minister, al-Jaafari has lived within the Green Zone in what had been one of Saddam's favorite palaces. But al-Jaafari knew not to make himself too comfortable. Boxes are backed up in the corner of his office, never unpacked. Framed pictures lean against the wall, unlikely to be hung. He often recalls a discussion he had as a young student in the holy city of Karbala, when he told a friend of his ambition to launch an opposition movement. The friend stopped him and warned...
...packaging next year, using an easy-to-understand icon-and-bar-chart format. McDonald's already makes some information available. On a recent visit, customer Kangwei Wu saw some brochures on nutritional content at a McDonald's in Guangzhou, but, she said, "they were placed in the back corner of the restaurant where people barely noticed them." KFC, with 1,200 restaurants, began rebuilding its image in China last summer. On its Chinese website, KFC presented a 1950s revolutionary-style picture of a fist (a symbol of the proletariat). The headline reads: KFC CHANGES FOR CHINA. Owner Yum Brands' Chinese...
...roots in Louisiana go back generations. Growing up in New Orleans, listening to people converse and watching them interact are what formed me. During his retirement, my father Lionel, a former construction worker turned short-order cook and janitor, would sit on his front porch on the corner of South Jefferson Davis Parkway and Baudin Street in the midcity section of New Orleans. There he could watch people leave early for work and children play across the street at Comiskey Playground. He greeted everyone who passed by. "Where ya at?" or "What's going on?" he would...
...timid. Many Western governments warn their nationals of a threat of terrorism; women are expected to wear loose clothes covering their legs, arms and head; streets are chaotic; and there are few starred hotels and restaurants. But when you stand on the bridge at the corner of Az-Zubayri and As-Sailah streets and drink in the walled city's gold-tinged beauty, some hardship may seem worthwhile. Sana'a, one of the world's oldest conurbations, lies in the embrace of the Jabal Nugum and Aiban mountain ranges at 2,200 m above sea level?the altitude ensures...
...annoyed police presence. Why is it like this? Because Harvard knows that any Harvard news is national news, and no one likes bad press. Twenty cases of alcohol poisoning could go unreported at Wichita Community Tech, but if a Harvard student pisses on a fence in a back corner of a tailgate, you can be sure it’s on the front page of every newspaper in the land.There is some validity to Harvard’s concerns. Whether it is a blessing or a curse, Harvard has a certain mystique. Case in point: on front page of Wednesday?...