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...still seems squarely behind Thaksin, Bangkok's urban ?lite accuses him of everything from abuse of power to mismanagement of the ethnic violence in the impoverished, Muslim-dominated south. The tipping point was the announcement in January that Thaksin's family had sold its 49.6% stake in the telecommunications giant Shin Corp. for $1.87 billion to a group led by Temasek Holdings, the Singapore government's investment arm. The sale has infuriated many Thais. It means that one of Thailand's corporate crown jewels is now controlled by a foreign entity. And the sale has sparked furious resentment because Thaksin...
...Caputo ’08, who is a Crimson editor, and Assistant Set/Tunnel Designer Alice N. Lee ’09 deserve praise for their versatile, quirky yet seemingly lived-in set, and for the entrance “tunnel” constructed of wooden flats painted to resemble giant pages of Silverstein’s books, replete with hand-drawn illustrations in Silverstein’s distinctive style. Despite the lack of logical plot connections between scenes, the number of recurring themes and motifs—communicating through printed signs, treasuring things that are typically considered trash, killing one?...
...late '20s, when talking pictures replaced the silents, theaters converted to sound within two years. But the coming of sound was immediately and immensely popular. Today, although films shown on the giant IMAX screens make money and although computer-made animated features have been spanking the butts of traditional cartoons, there's no conclusive evidence that the billions it would cost to go digital would be repaid by a box-office surge. "Our research shows that the audience generally isn't going to pay more and isn't going to go more," Hall says. "So there's no financial model...
BARRY BONDS needs only seven more home runs to surpass Babe Ruth's career total of 714. But this season the San Francisco Giant will bat to some boos, since a new book detailing the surly slugger's alleged steroid abuse is scheduled to hit stores in time for opening day. In Game of Shadows, two San Francisco Chronicle reporters write that Bonds, 41, first tried performance-enhancing drugs in 1998 out of jealousy toward heavier hitters Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa. Bonds has denied knowingly using steroids, and his lawyer questions the book's credibility. But baseball commissioner...
...search into the inner workings of the Internet-service giant Google turned up enthusiasm for the brilliance behind its simplicity and success and for its "don't be evil" mantra. But disillusion has already struck for those who think Google trashed that tenet by censoring its way into China's cyberspace I very much enjoyed your article on the Google empire [Feb. 20]. But did Time's reporters walk out of the Googleplex, the company's headquarters in Mountain View, California, really understanding why Google is so successful? Google's triumph lies in its enormous user base. Growing that base...