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...Self, the Knowledge alone will not save your life. It fails to warn Dave Rudman, the book's cabbie hero, that junk food, booze and pills are not the best fuel for the long, lonely hours of a night shift. Nor can it stem the drip feed of [an error occurred while processing this directive] cynicism that comes with relentlessly crawling over the skin of the city in the company of "fares" whose primary wish is to get somewhere else quick. When the wrong turns of Dave's life - the bad marriage, the strange and estranged son, the failed hair...
...able to get a sense of his soul" and "found him to be very straightforward and trustworthy," sent Vice President Dick Cheney to Lithuania in May to declare that Russia should stop using its oil and gas supplies to keep customer countries [an error occurred while processing this directive] in line, and to complain that Putin's government "has unfairly and improperly restricted the rights of her people." Privately, the other G-8 leaders regret giving Russia the nod four years ago to host this year's gathering. Instead of a carrot to induce improved behavior, the venue has become...
...that it will remain majority-owned by the Russian state after the flotation will ensure it receives preferential treatment at home. And the company claims it's playing by Western rules; a veteran European banker has joined the board, and the firm uses U.S. accounting standards. Rosneft's [an error occurred while processing this directive] goal, Bogdanchikov promises investors, is "to set a new standard of corporate governance in Russian oil and gas." Try telling that to Mikhail Khodorkovsky, a former Russian oligarch currently serving a jail sentence in Siberia. The Kremlin broke up his oil company, Yukos...
...know: that Mohammed Sidique Khan, the alleged leader of the London bombers, and Shehzad Tanweer, one of his accomplices, had visited Pakistan, where it is believed they met with extremist groups. Khan may also have been in contact with jihadist extremists in the U.S. The al-Qaeda network [an error occurred while processing this directive] of networks is a transnational phenomenon, facilitated by the Internet, easy international travel and relaxed border controls, and held together by shared ideology. Its flexibility and lack of formal structure have enabled it to adapt and survive despite the heavy blows it has suffered...
...awarded to Polo Ralph Lauren, America's favorite purveyor of preppy chic. Elsewhere at Wimbledon a different designer has been competing for the attention - and cash - of fashionable tennis fans. Stella McCartney handpicked 19-year-old Russian Maria Kirilenko (who lost in the tournament's first round) to [an error occurred while processing this directive] model her latest range of tennis attire for Adidas. David Lauren, Ralph's son and marketing and communications director for the company, welcomes the challenge. "Just like any sport, competition is great," Lauren told Time. "It forces us to reinvent our game." The volley...