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...find another country in the world where newspaper companies are publishing several million issues a day," says Yoichi Funabashi, editor in chief of the Asahi Shimbun, the world's second largest daily (after its rival the Yomiuri Shimbun) with more than 8 million subscribers. Nonetheless, publishers know they cannot count on younger consumers. The Asahi Shimbun is helping launch a paid service for thumb-tapping readers who want to access news through their cell phones. The multimedia program is set to roll out this summer and aims to hook 10 million subscribers in a few years...
...means to support themselves. The men worked as fishermen or shopkeepers, and those who fled the fighting by boat paid at least 100,000 Sri Lankan rupees per person (about $876) to escape. "We told all these things to the army commander," says a detainee, who also describes losing count of the number of letters he has written asking to be released. Fearing reprisals by the army, those in the camp ask to remain anonymous. They say they have enough to eat, clean water and latrines, but they just want to leave. "I feel like I'm going crazy," says...
...period, outshooting the Wildcats 17-9, but couldn’t find the back of the net. “It’s frustrating, but it’s a tribute to their goaltender,” Kester said. “We surpassed them in the shot count in the third period, which was one of our goals, so we’re pretty happy with that. Again, just kind of tough luck.”Harvard got a crucial opportunity late in regulation, when UNH captain Kacey Bellamy was called for checking at 16:32. But once...
...appointed Ambassador to Great Britain. John used his father’s connections to travel abroad in the summer of 1937, visiting fascist Italy and Nazi Germany. As a junior JFK made the Dean’s List and arranged for a grand tour of Europe that would count as a Harvard semester.In the spring of 1940, the beginning of his senior year, war was in the air. JFK’s honors thesis, entitled “Appeasement at Munich,” gathered the observations he had made during his travels into a well-formulated, far-seeing study...
...point of putting calories on food labels is so that we may not only keep count of how many calories we consume, but also compare the calories in different foods. In a world where you can choose a brand of cookies based on its effect on the environment, it will finally be in a company’s best financial interest to shrink its carbon footprint. For an environmentally conscious business, listing the quantitative value right on the box would connect going green to making green...