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...Those back home are eager to learn about the world, too. Onishi recalls how he signed on as a guest lecturer at two top Tokyo universities and wondered whether anyone would show up to hear about remote corners of the earth. Both courses ended up being oversubscribed, with some eager students forced to stand through the lectures. Another telling barometer is the number of Japanese specialist personnel working for the United Nations, which has increased to nearly 700 today from less than 500 seven years ago. "Among the Japanese public," says co-editor Watanabe, "there's a sense that since...
...from Fort Bliss, Texas, with his wife and daughters, says he appreciates the support the troops decals in storefronts and the way people thank him on the street. He doesn't get that everywhere. "I don't expect to be thanked," he says, "but it sure is nice to hear...
...middle age and burned through a reported $14 million in production costs, making Chinese Democracy the most expensive record in history. But given the cruelty with which pop culture devours its celebrity eccentrics, he's had a pretty easy ride. A surprising number of people actually want to hear this record, and for that, you can credit curiosity - What does $14 million sound like? - and the power of rock stardom. In his prime, Rose may have been an angry, misogynistic homophobe - the proto-Eminem - but he was also a riveting physical and vocal presence. And real rock stars remain scarce...
...before record stores get Chinese Democracy. That joke is itself now an antique - record stores! - but we finally have an answer. On Nov. 23, Guns N' Roses will release its fifth album of original material, 17 years after its last. Put another way, Miley Cyrus will soon get to hear the first new Guns N' Roses record of her lifetime. (Listen to Chinese Democracy...
...troubles. “We just gathered whatever stuff we could gather and made a sausage out of it, and we wrapped it up as filet mignon, and we sold it to the entire world,” Dugger said. “And in June last year, they hear about our subprime mortgage crisis. They open up their filet mignon and go, hey, this is not filet mignon, this is a sausage!” Dugger and Stiglitz agreed that American companies should be as transparent as possible, but there are practical administrative problems that are tough to overcome...