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...about Stanford. (Though I doubt he'll be invited back for many more ceremonial coin tosses anytime soon.) There are probably only two athletes in recent history who approached Tiger's global, iconic status: Muhammad Ali and Michael Jordan. But I think the social import of both Ali and Jordan was different from Tiger's, in part because of the sports they played. Boxing and basketball are populated with athletes from poor and working-class backgrounds. And over the past several decades, both sports have been dominated by African Americans. That's never been true of golf - it's still...
...Asian free-trade zone would aid economic growth by cutting import duties and eliminating the murky morass of trade barriers that impedes commerce. A model to emulate would be the establishment of the E.U., which made it far easier for companies to import and export their goods within Europe, says HSBC's Webb. Establishing a common Asian currency similar to the euro would allow companies to ship goods or arrange credit with less exposure to currency risk. "A barrier to trade over the last year in Asia has been fluctuating currencies," Webb says. "For a small- to medium-sized business...
Unless you're a musical or an import from London, you'd better have a Chicago accent to make it in the Big Apple this season. The second major play to open on Broadway this fall is another Chicago product: Superior Donuts, Tracy Letts' follow-up to August: Osage County, his multi-award-winning family drama that stormed Broadway nearly two years ago and is now on a national tour. Chicago theater's most celebrated export, David Mamet, will be represented on Broadway with two works this fall: a revival of his 1992 drama Oleanna and a new play, about...
...general Harvard community, however, Islamic art’s relevance is not necessarily its religious import but its undeniable cultural significance...
...open in November in a shopping area beneath one of France's most treasured cultural meccas - the Louvre - but the news has hardly caused a stir in the City of Light. Bank employee Laurent Mortin told the New York Times he didn't have a problem with the American import: "It's more of a real lunch than eating a sandwich in the street, and it doesn't take as much time as sitting in a restaurant...