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...reality. Despite declaring physical prowess on a par with Arnold Schwarzenegger, at 1.64 meters tall he had to stand on a box to perform pull-ups. He spoke in a stammer unvanquished by regular practice before a mirror. Raised in a farm-dotted suburb of Fukuoka by a truck-driver dad and homemaker mom, he attended the vocational Fukuoka Manufacturing High School so sporadically that he flunked the 10th grade...
Spitzer's sudden celebrity and his refusal to let go even now that the SEC has begun its investigation are an embarrassment for Pitt. Just nine months on the job, Pitt has had to reverse himself more often than a new driver learning to parallel park. A former lawyer for big accounting firms and brokerages, he started out on the permissive side of debates over whether accounting and auditing functions should coexist, whether the accounting industry needs its own watchdog group and whether measures are needed to rein in stock-option abuse. In each case, he relented only after...
...Moreover, construction is booming in Thailand and South Korea. Some countries--notably South Korea, whose forecast growth of more than 6% this year makes it the region's star--have introduced tax reforms to encourage consumer spending, and others are pumping up demand with public expenditure. But the key driver of the recovery is easy money. Interest rates remain low, credit demand is up, and banks--the best of which have cleaned up their loan portfolios--are feeling generous again...
...dropped off near an army barracks. After the bus had stopped, the men ordered the sleepy passengers to the back of the vehicle and opened fire. They tossed a grenade into the bus full of screaming passengers, killing three women, two children, one man and the bus driver...
...mutineers made it to the South Korean mainland, hijacked a bus and tried to drive it to the Blue House, the President's official residence. Why they didn't just split up and rely on their survival skills to escape remains a mystery. The bus driver said the men spoke of seeking revenge against President Park, according to media accounts. Their quixotic run for it climaxed in a shoot-out with police. Hopelessly trapped, several escapees pulled out grenades and blew themselves up. Four who survived were later executed. (The Ministry of National Defense won't comment, and still denies...