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...Chinese, Japanese, Italians and Russians coming in last in the local-language rankings. Does this mean Americans are the most polyglot tourists on the planet? Maybe not, says Expedia's marketing director for Europe, Timothée de Roux, who says the poll's focus on hotel operators may explain the counterintuitive outcome. (See 10 things to do in Beijing...
...contrast, the poll finds that the French and Americans are similar in being perceived as critical and rude when they travel - though for different reasons. The same attractions that make France the world's top destination for 92 million foreign visitors each year, says de Roux, also explain why more than 85% of French citizens vacation in-country - and wind up spoiled by it when they leave. "When they go abroad, French travelers demand the same quality they'd get at home," de Roux says. "Americans, by contrast, demand the same exceptional service they are used to at home, which...
...wear a flag pin on his lapel. The previous October, an Iowa ABC reporter had asked him a similar question, to which Obama replied that he had worn one after 9/11, but soon noticed, "people wearing a lapel pin but not acting very patriotic." He went on to explain, "I decided I won't wear that pin on my chest. Instead I'm going to try to tell the American people what I believe... and hopefully that will be a testimony to my patriotism." Naturally, a controversy erupted. When it came up again during the April debate, he made...
...That may explain why IVF success rates are so variable; why, though two couples may produce an equal number of healthy embryos, one becomes pregnant while the other doesn't. "Using only these four factors, we can predict pregnancy with an accuracy of 70%," says Dr. Mylene Yao, professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Stanford and lead author of the study. "And it's extremely interesting that the four factors do not actually relate to the embryos that are transferred to the womb. So while it's still important to identify the best embryos for transfer, this suggests that...
While officials from Harvard Management Company (HMC), which manages the University's endowment, refuse to discuss specific investment decisions with the media, HMC's most recent "John Harvard Letter" suggests that growing investments in commodities—a high-performing asset class as of late—may explain much of the endowment's superior performance...