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...planned malls do come up, 70% of them will fail," predicts Vikram Bakshi, managing director of McDonald's (Northern India), which is a prominent attraction in numerous Indian malls. Bakshi, who says McDonald's won't be present in 70-80% of the capital's new malls, points out a fundamental problem facing malls that are already operating around New Delhi: a lot of people come to see them and to enjoy the air-conditioned luxury, but not many spend money there. Usha Varadharajan, owner of The Next Shop, which sells gift items like crockery and soaps in the Centrestage...
...just as criminal to soak consumers for $1,465 more per handbag just because the real thing has a genuine leather zipper toggle and one less stitch on the handle strap. Jeff Deitrich State College, Pennsylvania, U.S. Only an idiot would spend $1,500 for a purse. I fail to see the appeal of these products. They are not attractive, practical or economical. The only selling point is that expensive designer bags are covered with the maker's logo. But that only serves to declare to the world that the owner has no self-confidence and no sense of aesthetics...
...think it was possible," he says, "I would bring the troops home tomorrow. Why would I risk losing one more soldier's life? But you know what? The whole world is watching. And we cannot waver now or show any doubt." Otherwise, not only will Iraq and Afghanistan fail but other vulnerable states will as well. On one thing at least he and John Kerry agree: the stakes could not be higher...
...storm the mosque would be Allawi's. The Prime Minister declared that any offensive into the shrine would be carried out by Iraqi forces (backed up, however, by U.S. troops and air power), yet even that possibility posed a no-win dilemma for the U.S. "If the Americans fail to take the shrine, they lose militarily," a Mahdi Army official told TIME. "And if they take the shrine, they lose politically." But Al-Sadr knew that as long as his men held the shrine, the advantage...
...tempting to think that when parents fail to compromise, kids should decide for themselves where to live. Yet most courts try to protect children from having to make such choices, partly because parents will try to manipulate them. In Pittsburgh, Komar doesn't often hear testimony from kids younger than 11. "The first thing out of kids' mouths, whether they talk to the judge in chambers or talk to me," she says, "is, 'Don't make me pick...