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...even as Chávez puts a gloss on the economic outlook, some Chavistas wonder if venality has seeped into his own government - including millions of dollars in alleged payoffs to officials described last year at the Miami trial of a wealthy Venezuelan businessman. (Chávez officials deny the charges.) "Chávez needs to know that we see the tremendous houses and cars these so-called socialists have," says Isabel de Lemus, 70, a shop owner in La Silsa who sits on a revolutionary community council...
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...Gloss’ by Lil’ Mama Green may be the new Crimson, but sparkly lip gloss is the new milkshake. 8. ‘Girlfriend’ by Avril Lavigne (Eight Language Version) Wo bu xi huan ni de nu peng you! 7. ‘Womanizer’ by Britney Spears Catchy tune, but we can’t seem to remember the lyrics... 6. ‘Get Down’ by B4-4 Frosted tips are totally coming back. 5. ‘Stripper Friends’ by Tila Tequila Do stripper friends...
...decision to go ahead with the high-gloss opening, even as hotel bookings evaporate across the world, is yet another brash statement of Dubai's ambition and confidence. "In Dubai, if you have a fantasy, you don't just fantasize about it, you build it," says Sultan bin Sulayem, Kerzner's partner in the Atlantis, whose firm, Nakheel, constructed the Palm. "It's astounding," agrees Kerzner, sipping Perrier with Sultan recently in the Atlantis' lobby bar. "When I first came here, we were in the middle of the desert. You wonder how you can continue at this pace, at what...
...second-rate new publication but the giant slap in the face it offers to the idea of meritocracy. It is a depressing proof positive that neither good ideas, nor even mediocre ideas, can assure a rise to the top as effectually as the bludgeon of clichés, the gloss of marketing, and the access to money...