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...executive office in Bangkok's government House is a rectangular room painted a cool shade of blue. Thaksin's vast, mahogany desk sits before a portrait of King Bhumibol Adulyadej, two immense rococo urns and a cabinet of Siamese vases. His work space is clear, save for a Phillips computer and laser printer. The effect of sitting in this room, with its plush oriental carpets and quiet rush of air-conditioning, is a little like being submerged. Voices are muted. Movements seem unnaturally slow. It is as if Thaksin's aura of measured patience radiates outward, catching even his aides...
...Thaksin, sitting behind his desk, talking about his plans for the economy and for his future, seems oblivious to the collateral damage his case might have caused. He believes, he really does, that he knows what's best for Thailand, and that might mean going beyond and above the law to achieve what he is convinced is the greater good. The corruption, the collapsed economy, the inconsistent foreign policy?leave it to him. Those are management issues. Committees will be formed. Research papers drawn up. Policies implemented. Remember, he's a good manager, a visionary CEO?and if it worked...
...couldn’t believe it. These, and the name of the place I work for, were the only words printed on the sheet of newsprint taped to the wall above my desk. All I could think of on my first...
...choice was laid out in two reports that are on Rumsfeld?s desk right now. One, by civilian analysts in the Pentagon?s Office of Program Analysis and Evaluation, concluded that the armed forces could be reduced by well over 10 percent without strategic detriment - with the savings getting ploughed back into the sort of high-tech weapons systems and generation-skipping investments that Bush talked about. The other, from aides to the generals that make up the Joint Chiefs of Staff, was simpler: Keep the military at its current size of 1.4 million people on active-duty...
PRINTS CHARMING There's a reason you hide your printer under the desk: printers are the plain Janes of the home office. But the P-2600 ($50) from Apollo, a unit of Hewlett-Packard, begs to be displayed. It comes in midnight blue and white and boasts an appealing round-edged design. Print speed is a respectable seven pages a minute for black and white. Color printing is slower, but at least you'll enjoy the view...