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...when Patrick Lane sold the land to a shopping mall developer. Though Reid and Brown claim they were joint owners of the company, they say no documents exist to prove Reid's position in it, since it was an informal relationship based on the two men's 35-year friendship. Reid's office says the Senator's annual payments of real estate taxes are evidence of his continued interest in the company...
...Japan, well within range of North Korea's missiles and a longtime object of its ire, will press for a tough response, and may see its own debate over whether to build nuclear weapons rejoined with new vigor. China will face the uncomfortable reality that its patronage of and friendship with North Korea gave it no leverage, at the decisive moment, over a troublesome neighbor whose actions threaten to destabilize the entire region and provoke a more assertive U.S. presence on turf that Beijing regards as its own back yard...
...personal freedom than by the lifestyle created by economic changes. In a new book, Tironi argues that Chile went from a European-style development model with a welfare state, to a U.S.-inspired model, with increased competition, entrepreneurship and risk and more working hours. "That means less time for friendship and community," he says. "That may make countries more competitive, but it makes people less happy, especially when per capita income is less than $10,000 a year." Brunner adds that inequality remains a hurdle: While rapid economic development continues to be a priority in Chile, there's also...
...wrote in his memoir I Was Right on Time, "I've been following that bouncing ball." A Florida kid who grew up watching Babe Ruth during spring training, O'Neil joined the Monarchs in 1938 after their first baseman broke a leg--a move that led to his friendship with teammate Satchel Paige. O'Neil later became a Chicago Cubs scout--he signed Hall of Famers like Lou Brock--then, in 1962, a barrier-breaking coach. But he never forgot his sporting roots, and wrote,"The Lord has kept me on this earth to bear witness to the days...
...addition, Barenboim drew fire from Jewish organizations for his friendship with the late Palestinian activist and writer, Edward Said, and for conducting music by 19th-century composer and anti-Semitic pamphleteer Richard Wagner in Israel...