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...work was hard, adjusting to life was even harder. Social life, Tia recalls, meant seeing "the same 10 people over and over." The sisters flew to Hong Kong at least once a month just to buy groceries. But major moves had become something of a specialty for them. They had left Libya for Vancouver as young girls, and it wasn't long before the Cibanis adapted to their trial-by-fire China immersion. Ports International grew into the perfect hybrid of foreign cachet and local sensibility that Chinese woman craved. Many customers believed that the clothes they were buying...
...doesn't take a leap of faith to imagine a healthy Ford Motor. Chrysler bounced back under Dieter Zetsche, who emphasized distinctive design and management discipline. Now he's a TV star. And Nissan was nearly bankrupt when Renault's Carlos Ghosn flew in and orchestrated a stunning turnaround (he declined overtures from outgoing CEO Bill Ford to try the same trick in Dearborn). Central to both revivals, however, is something Ford has too often forgotten: it's all about the car, stupid. "No automotive turnaround has been successful without a steady flow of strong products," notes General Motors chief...
...Immediately after Katrina, the odds on Mississippi's recovering at the gaming tables didn't look so good. Two days after the hurricane, St. P? flew along the Mississippi coastline, surveying the devastation. Casino barges had been tossed ashore like toys, wrecking everything in their path - historic landmarks, businesses and homes. Buildings on the eastern end of Biloxi known as The Point, an area where immigrant fishermen settled in early 20th century when the city was known as the seafood capital of the world, were leveled. St. P?'s biggest fear was that the casinos, approved by the Mississippi Legislature...
...week after Katrina, St. P? flew to Las Vegas to meet with casino industry leaders, not expecting much, he admits. To his surprise, casino leaders felt differently. "The message I heard was that while the hurricane had inflicted tremendous physical damage, the major elements that had made Mississippi attractive for the entertainment and casino industry were still there," he says. But basing casinos on the water was looking like a bad bet, so the state moved quickly. In October, a special session of the Mississippi Legislature changed state laws to permit casinos to move 800 ft. inland, opening...
...terminals, trying to contain his mounting frustration. The British-born astronomer, now at Caltech, has been granted a single precious night to use one of the twin Keck telescopes, among the most powerful in the world. Last night he and his observing partner, a graduate student named Dan Stark, flew 3,000 miles, from Southern California to Hawaii, where the Kecks are located. And during most of the afternoon and early evening today, they've made their final plans for the "run," as astronomers call a night of peering into the heavens...