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...He’s a hard-charging, explosive player," Amaker said of Lin. "He’s fearless, and a lot of times, he can go make a play that people don’t expect him to make—hooking rebounds, making shots, creating his offense...
What's the solution? Li & Fung is moving up the food chain, becoming a brand-managing powerhouse. This year it is on track to sell more than $200 million of licensed goods like Levi's Red Tab and Signature tops and Disney plush toys--a business many analysts expect to grow to $1 billion by 2007. In August it paid $124 million for the U.S.-based Briefly Stated, which produces pajamas, underwear and T shirts for such diverse brands as Professional Bull Riders Inc. and Catwoman. Eradicating the middleman role for some products could open up other opportunities...
...general has shown through his eight years in power that he is nothing if not tenacious. If the deal is off, so too are his gloves. Bhutto can no longer expect any special treatment from Musharraf and could find herself in the same position as other opposition politicians--in jail or in exile again. The crackdown on her Pakistan People's Party will probably intensify. Musharraf "is capable of doing anything now," says Iftikhar Gilani, a former law minister under Bhutto who also has been a member of the general's party. "He has already confronted the press, the judiciary...
...criticism from other Paul fans, Stein's job is to report the story as he sees it and not provide pro-Paul propaganda. Regarding the possibility of Paul's getting the nomination: yes, it is a long shot. But then, I bet that six months ago, Stein didn't expect he would be writing a piece about an obstetrician Congressman from Texas...
It’s typically a bleak emotional Siberia inside the Carpenter Center. I’ve never had a reason to expect anything besides the cold concrete walls of the main gallery here. And yet, defying their stark surroundings, hundreds of golden candies gleam upon the grey floor in front of me. Félix González-Torres’s “Untitled” (Placebo – Landscape – For Roni) is a brilliant surprise, finding appropriate context in Le Corbusier’s stark modernist complex. The exhibition, curated by Helen...