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Time to clear some more mantle-space in the Grumet-Morris household...
Lest you belong to the unlucky few, let’s just say that Hakim Warrick is, with apologies to Ron Burgundy, kind of a big deal. In sports fan circles, at least, the immensely talented Syracuse forward belongs to the pantheon of Household Names...
...however. About half of his wares are still produced from wood and natural urushi lacquer by craftsmen in the Fukui and Ishikawa prefectures beside the Sea of Japan, where the moist air creates ideal conditions for varnishing. Yamada Heiando also remains a purveyor of lacquer ware to the Imperial Household Agency. Does that mean Japan's royals will be trying out Yamada Heiando's newfangled goods, like its natty lacquer cuff links? "I'd like them to," Yamada says, "but it's not so easy." Commoners, on the other hand, can't get enough of the stuff. For more information...
...plan seems likely to include inducting Chief Secretary Tsang, 60, as Tung's successor. Unlike Tung, Tsang, who is popularly known for wearing colorful bow ties, grew up in a low-income household and is respected by many Hong Kong people for making a success of his life. As a veteran civil servant, Tsang knows how Hong Kong works. And as a lifelong administrator, his instinct is to be conservative?a quality Beijing appreciates. "He's someone who is able to carry on business as usual, ensure economic growth and political stability, and who doesn't create controversy," says City...
...billion people in the world are poor. As a matter of definition, there are three degrees of poverty: extreme (or absolute) poverty, moderate poverty and relative poverty. Extreme poverty, defined by the World Bank as getting by on an income of less than $1 a day, means that households cannot meet basic needs for survival. They are chronically hungry, unable to get health care, lack safe drinking water and sanitation, cannot afford education for their children and perhaps lack rudimentary shelter--a roof to keep rain out of the hut--and basic articles of clothing, like shoes. We can describe...