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...suddenly free to spend more time with their two children and each other, the two find themselves reluctant to go back to the work-centered life they knew. They began negotiations last week to take over a custom cabinet--making firm. "We want to create something tangible, a real product you can see and touch," says Brockman. "In telecom, unless you're laying fiber in the ground, you're doing something very few people actually understand. We like the idea of doing something creative now." Of course, adds her husband, "we'll have the best damn connectivity any cabinetmaker...
...trying to put together a pageant that will feature Tibetan beauty?and also publicize the cause of Tibetan independence. The reception from community leaders, however, has been unenthusiastic. Since 1959, when the Dalai Lama fled Chinese-occupied Tibet, Tibetans in exile have fought to preserve their traditions. Breaches of custom often are met with skepticism and fear by the older generation...
...Manoukian Foundation and KSG are also working together to develop a custom program for Armenian officials that focuses specifically on Armenian issues. The location and details of this program have not yet been decided, according...
...industry research group Technomic. (Perennial runner-up Burger King's share dropped to 18.5% from 20.4% during the same period.) Heightened competition from the likes of Subway, which has dethroned McDonald's as nationwide champ in total stores with 13,101, has added to the McWoes. Subs and other custom-made sandwiches are growing 12% a year as a fast-food category vs. a paltry 2% to 3% for burgers. Meanwhile, a range of upstart "fast casual" restaurants such as Panera Bread and Baja Fresh, which serve up a slightly more upscale dining experience, "have raised...
...cement Abraham's Jewish identity. The Talmud describes him anachronistically as following Mosaic law and speaking Hebrew. And they severely downgraded Ishmael. Initially, says Shaul Magid, professor of Midrash at New York City's Jewish Theological Seminary, Jewish parents named their boys after Abraham's Arab son, but the custom evaporated as they began living under Muslim rule. By the 11th century the great biblical scholar Rashi, citing earlier authorities, described Ishmael as a "thief" whom "everybody hates," an insult that can still be found in his prominently placed commentary in many Torah editions today and that is taught inmany...