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Conspiracy theories were bound to flourish given Wicks' political affiliations and the Telegraph's own establishment credentials. Once nicknamed "The Torygraph," one of the daily's most famous editors served as a Conservative Cabinet minister; among its current star columnists is its former reporter, the Conservative Mayor of London, Boris Johnson. Lewis vehemently denies any suggestion of bias. The decision to start with government was purely editorial, he says, and MPs from the Conservative and Liberal Democratic parties were subsequently scrutinized with the same vigor. "Had this expenses story landed in a different environment, it wouldn't have had this...
...competition, my neighbors arrived with their chickens. Stock brought something he called "Chicken Salad in the Style of Zuni Café." I took him out back and, with a flourish, unlatched the smoker door. Stock looked stricken. Then he brightened as I pulled out my entrée. "Ribs?" he snorted. They would disqualify me for it, but they would love me too, for these were the best ribs ever. Stock hasn't mentioned his salmon since...
...Given a chance, though, North Koreans' native intelligence does flourish. Two years after first entering a team in the IBM-sponsored Computer Olympics (the International Collegiate Programming Contest), the North Koreans made it into the finals. "They are capable of handling very complicated software, and the results are extremely good," says Paul Tjia, a Dutchman whose GPI Consultancy has arranged for several European clients to outsource work to North Korean programmers. At Seoul's Unification Ministry, IT expert Lee Duk Haeng says Samsung and Korean Telecom are among a handful of South Korean firms currently using North Korean engineers...
...Point taken. So in a poor economy, where should investors be putting their money? What is likely to flourish? I am still very leery of the financials or anything remotely connected to U.S. consumer discretionary activity. I think that we are in a new paradigm of frugality that is widespread geographically and across income strata. It's not a cyclical theme but a secular theme. I want to be situated in areas of the market that don't have a lot of cyclicality in terms of consumer spending - or capital spending, for that matter. I favor staples stocks (food, beverage...
...terms of being a family.†Unfortunately for Harvard, it will lose important members of its “family†next year with the departure of seniors Tommy Picarsic (10-7), Pat Ziemnik (4-7), and Dominic DeNunzio. Picarsic (133) in particular finished with a flourish, putting together a four-match dual winning streak in his final season en route to a career record of 18-15. Still, as Harvard showed throughout its campaign, the squad has the potential to bounce back from the losses. Despite continuing to falter against juggernauts No. 24 Penn...