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...convicted of extramarital sex. But that sentence was meted out inside a Kuala Lumpur prison. If a proposal drafted last September by a group of Acehnese lawmakers had come to fruition, adulterers might have been stoned to death in public. Pristine beaches and alfresco executions? It's hardly a formula that's going to worry Phuket or Bali. (See 25 authentic Asian experiences...
Working with a data set of 12,000 adults in Britain, Boyce and Moore assigned a rank to each participant based on income, and compared these positions to their answers on life-satisfaction surveys. The status rankings were determined using a statistical formula that incorporated factors such as geography, age, gender and educational status. So, a participant's income could be ranked along with those of neighbors, for instance, or with those of other similarly educated peers...
...tongue skips over witty lyrics so quickly and skillfully that his self-congratulatory laughs and hoots seem well-deserved. The already-popular “How Low” is the standout party song on the album, its driving beats, thumping bass, and catchy chorus recreating the successful formula of his previous singles like “Get Back” and “Rollout...
...keep the cost of running a Formula One team in check, prevent teams from leaving, and to make racing more competitive and exciting, the sport's ruling body has brought in a slew of new rules over the past three years. Key changes...
Ecclestone, a former driver and team owner, began to exert control over F1 in the late 1970s, when he got a lock on the sale of the sport's TV rights, its most valuable asset. In 2005 he sold most of his stake in Formula One Management to private equity firm CVC Capital Partners. But thanks to a complicated ownership structure, he's still the straw that stirs the drink. Ecclestone alone makes the big TV, sponsorship and track deals that keep F1's cash gushing. He rests his legacy on the numbers, and they are indeed impressive, not least...