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...products may have changed from sneakers and stuffed toys to microchips and flat-panel TVs, the tigers remain heavily reliant upon exports to power growth. And like any addict, they're now experiencing the pain of rapid withdrawal as factories close and millions of workers across the region lose their jobs. Homelessness is on the rise in South Korea's capital, Seoul, where at 2 a.m. each night the city's largest train station becomes a makeshift hostel as scores of 6-ft.-long benches are taken up by dozing men and women seeking shelter from Korea's icy winter...
...favorite scene in Slumdog Millionaire comes toward the end, in the tense battle of wits between the supercilious game-show host, Prem, and the hero, Jamal. Prem expects Jamal to lose, and when he doesn't, assumes that he's cheating. Once Prem realizes that a kid from the slums might win - fairly - he angrily tosses him off to a waiting police van. "It's my show," he says. In two tight shots, with just a few lines of dialogue, the film manages to capture the ambivalence and, sometimes, anger that Indians often direct at those who don't stick...
...idea is to figure out how much you usually consume vs. how much you typically burn. An online questionnaire helps you understand what you eat and sets daily goals. (To lose, say, a pound a week, the average human needs to consume 500 fewer calories per day than he burns.) Given my penchant for booze and fatty foods, my daily burn target was 3,150 calories--an output that requires me to take a daily two- to three-mile walk and do an hour on the bike. Or I can just eat less...
...inventory, which now includes jewelry, shaving accessories, and board games. But he says he has been careful to select only merchandise that fits the store’s character—he refuses to carry Dungeons and Dragons, for instance—adding that “sometimes people lose their identity trying to be everything...
...second: Columbia, Dartmouth, Princeton, and Yale, all with 6-4 conference marks. The defending champions’ magic number is three to guarantee a return to the NCAAs. If it wins all three, boom, it’s tourney time. Win twice and if each of the other contenders lose once, same result. Lose two of four and one those teams goes 4-for-4 in its remaining games, and we’re looking at a one game Ivy League Tournament...