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...fair to complain about particular tourist facilities." He shook his head and agreed that there had been a lot of unrest. "It's only 10% or 20% of the people," he said. "The rest of us are very welcoming." I nodded in agreement?Pakistanis are indeed warm, hospitable and generous???and lamented that he had a tough job. "It's a struggle," he admitted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Postcard: Pakistan | 1/10/2008 | See Source »

...Jones & Laughlin. First there was a correct but tense meeting at the elegant Rolling Rock Country Club outside Pittsburgh, then a secret hotel-room huddle in Cleveland. Though J. & L. Chairman Charles Beeghly was far from eager to sell his controlling shares, he considered Ling's offer so generous???some analysts insist that it was too generous for LTV's good ?that he agreed to go along...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: THE CONGLOMERATES' WAR TO RESHAPE INDUSTRY | 3/7/1969 | See Source »

...boudoir with Mme Z? Could you explain the kiss he gave her, in the very middle of the ball?" "Overwhelmingly" gentle in voice, elaborately formal in manner, Proust smiled continually, gazed fondly at society from brilliant black eyes under drooping eyelids and "a Saracen's beak." Extravagant, generous???his tips were fantastic?he dressed like the dandy he was: creamy pink shirtfront, a rose or orchid in his lapel, light-colored gloves with black points. Even in summer, for fear of catching cold, he wore a heavy pelisse. An impressed English visitor to Paris said that Proust was "really...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Proust | 8/29/1932 | See Source »

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