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...Spain's Canary Islands, where tourism represents upwards of 60% of the local economy, the municipal tourism board recently began a series of seminars to help tourism workers cast off their perceived grumpiness; course materials advise cabbies to "ensure your taxis smell nice and don't drive too fast" and remind hotel staff that, "a smile costs nothing and is the most effective welcome...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Vacation Blues as Tourists Stay at Home | 5/4/2009 | See Source »

...laughed so hard when Klein brought up the abuse of McDonald's until I remembered heart disease is our No. 1 killer. Perhaps we should slap the suggested 10% tax on fast-food chains instead. Michael Lai, Brisbane, Australia...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox | 5/4/2009 | See Source »

George W. Bush has often said that historians will vindicate his presidency. And since he left office, he's been moving fast to give them the tools...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bush Library Raises $100 Million in 100 Days | 5/4/2009 | See Source »

...Along with writing a memoir - something Bush has also begun in recent months - financing and building a suitable presidential library has been the initial focus of nearly every President who left the White House since Harry Truman. The historically fast pace of Bush's fundraising has been all the more remarkable for taking place during a period of economic contraction. "He's struck a very positive nerve among a lot of financial sources across the country," said J. French Hill, a Little Rock banker and major Bush campaign bundler who leads the fundraising effort in Arkansas...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bush Library Raises $100 Million in 100 Days | 5/4/2009 | See Source »

...seemed abnormal. "I wasn't claiming any delay on the WHO's part," Lezana tells TIME. What he was noting, he says, was that because the flu strain seemed atypical, there was a generalized fear among health officials "that we might not be able to learn its transmission characteristics fast enough. When you're dealing with an unknown virus, part of the hypothesis is that it will move faster because the population is more vulnerable. Thankfully, its capacity for transmission, its virulence, turned out to be relatively low compared to what we'd originally estimated...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: As Swine Flu Eases, Mexicans Ask: Was the Government Lucky or Good? | 5/4/2009 | See Source »

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