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Macaulay’s training as an architect—he graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design with a degree in architecture—allows him to pull double duty as both writer and illustrator, and maintain full creative control over his books. It is that control which appealed to him about book production, causing him to decide, just months before graduating college, that architecture was “a profession of compromise” between all those involved in the industry...
...such a variety of ways to exhibit poor judgment? Jurors in the trial of former Tyco CEO DENNIS KOZLOWSKI, flanked here by a pair of hired Roman revelers, watched a 21-minute videotape last week of a $2 million birthday party Kozlowski threw for his wife on the Italian island of Sardinia in 2001. Kozlowski, who stuck his firm with half the tab for the blowout, is accused of bilking Tyco out of $600 million. He appears on the tape promising partygoers a week of "eating, drinking...all the things we're best known for." Many trial watchers shared...
...claiming it cannot trust her. "She's almost daring the Tigers to mobilize," Wickremesinghe told TIME on his return. Quite how dangerous a game Kumaratunga is playing is apparent in the small print of a public-security order she issued last Friday ordering the army to deploy across the island's 25 districts. If carried out to the letter, this would effectively mean a new army offensive on LTTE territory. "That would result in some problems," was Tiger spokesman Daya Master's dry comment...
...Indonesian island has long been a cauldron of Muslim-vs.-Christian violence. More than 1,000 people were killed there from 1999 to 2001. After at least a year and a half of calm, masked gunmen recently murdered 12 Christian villagers in two attacks, with most of the killings happening on Oct. 12?the first anniversary of the Bali blasts. Jakarta launched a massive manhunt for the shooters, and the effort yielded quick results. Police killed six alleged gunmen in a firefight on Oct. 16 and arrested 17 others...
...Japan: Niseko Higashiyama Prince Hotel On Hokkaido, Japan's northernmost (and snowiest) island, Niseko boasts some of the world's best powder skiing, with three diverse ski areas?plenty to keep skiers busy for a full week. The hotel, a comfortable modern complex at the base of the slopes, offers six-day lodging and meal packages for $1,350, including lift passes but not transportation...