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...their parents' behavior, so mom and dad need to set a good example, too. Carl Tancaktiong, son of the founder of Philippine fast-food empire Jollibee, admits his childhood was pretty plush. "I don't remember not getting anything I wanted," he says. Yet Tancaktiong, 28, says he has grown up to be reasonably frugal, not because his parents lectured about money, but because they had down-to-earth spending habits themselves, eschewing luxury-brand clothing and expensive cars. Tancaktiong, a general manager of one of the company's Chinese chains, says he and his siblings recognized early that...
...Absolutely. I think when I started I had a very different goal in mind. I was just involved in making avant garde and experimental music. I essentially wanted to make noise out of pop. Over the years I’ve grown to fully embrace more accessible music. I still want to make something challenging, but ideally it’s appealing to people...
...Harvard’s high-octane offense or its deep, experienced defense. Instead, it will be part of something that the Crimson’s fans have bad memories of—special teams.Granted, I’m a little biased. I’ve grown up watching Virginia Tech, a team that has moved from obscurity to national prominence by focusing on special teams, patenting a style called “BeamerBall” that lives off finding hidden points in the kicking game. It’s the only school I know where the fans stand...
...partnership with Ward’s Berry Farm should serve as a model for production of other sustainable foods. Besides squash, other vegetables such as cauliflower come in winter varieties that can weather a late harvest. As celebrated recently on the kiosks in the dining halls, locally grown tomatoes are a salient example of variety intersecting environmental conscientiousness, and such efforts should persist. The squash problem begins with boredom caused by endless repetition—unfortunately, calling the vegetable candy roaster versus spaghetti does not change its essence—but it does not end there. Squash...
Iranians across the political spectrum have supported their government's hard-line rejection of any attempt to deny their "nuclear rights," but concern has grown in Iran's political establishment over the provocative stances taken by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, whose grandstanding, they warn, has weakened Iran's position and raised the danger of confrontation. However, Ahmadinejad faces a tough re-election battle in June, and there have been questions over whether his health will allow him to run for a second term. If he does, he's likely to face a close fight from a united front of pragmatic conservatives...