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...bombs that demolished part of Bali's bustling Kuta district three years ago represented more than a vicious terrorist attack and a terrible human tragedy. For many of those familiar with the Indonesian island?with its beauty, serenity and spirituality?the bombs exploded the idea of a peaceful safe haven in an increasingly violent world. Consumed by fear and horror, tourists fled Bali in droves...
...Keio University, who studies the aging issue. Seike believes that the work ethic among the elderly stems from the fact that retirement is a relatively new phenomenon for Japan. Seniors watched their own parents and grandparents work until their bodies gave out. "Many retirees, especially the older ones, haven't accumulated the experience of how to enjoy leisure," he adds...
...biggest political problem for Bush is the Miers nomination. A week after Bush tapped her, many Republicans still haven't heard much about the potential replacement for Sandra Day O'Connor that they like. On Fox News Sunday, Gary Bauer, a prominent conservative evangelical, said "she sounds a lot like another swing vote, which was the last thing we were expecting a conservative president to give us." Arlen Specter, a moderate and top Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee, said on ABC's This Week he planned on aggressively questioning Miers on constitutional issues, because he isn't sure...
...heap. "It would be foolish to believe Mercedes' weaknesses will exist for very long," says Stuart McCullough, the European director for Lexus. The big question is how quickly those scared off by the quality problems will come back. The goodwill is clearly there. "I personally haven't given up on Mercedes-Benz," says Hurvitz, the financial-company president in Rockville who switched to a Lexus. "I loved the older ones and what I perceived the car stood for. I still hope that [the company] can turn itself around." Germany is hoping...
...virus that we tested," says Dr. Guan Yi, an avian-flu expert at the University of Hong Kong who has helped sound the pandemic alarm. For now, he says, there's "nothing new. Nothing to worry about." The viral genes are still the same avian-flu genes that haven't figured out how to spread easily from one person to another...