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...relate to your cover story on Asia's "Highways to Hell" [Aug. 9]. I have lived in Singapore my entire life, and I am sometimes appalled by and ashamed of the actions of fellow drivers. Singapore has its share of aggressive, me-first motorists, yet we have the lowest number of traffic deaths among the major Asian countries, as reflected in the chart with your article. Why is this so? Singapore's small land area allows efficient administration, and its hefty traffic fines and extensive use of cameras to catch speeders act as deterrents to fast driving. An ideal traffic...
...Sporting superpowers China, Australia and France each had at least five athletes finish in the lowest spot. And Greece, which ended the Games with the smallest medal tally of any host country since Canada won only 11 medals at the 1976 Montr?al Olympics, appeared at the bottom of the list at least eight times. One of the most poignant final-place finishes, though, came from Brunei's Jimmy Anak Ahar, the Southeast Asian nation's sole Olympic athlete, who straggled far behind the pack in the 1,500 m, erasing his country's dreams of Olympic respectability. Still sucking wind...
...which usually take a larger commission from such deals, but so far Google's unusual IPO has been a hit for a happy handful of investors. Those who waded through the search engine's complex Dutch auction got the stock at $85 a pop, $23 less than the original lowest price expected, then saw it rise more than 27% in the first two days of trading. That put the stock at $108 - exactly where co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin advised it would be. Along with CEO Eric Schmidt, Page and Brin remain fully in control of the company...
...based on a survey of the academic world on the “intangibles” that distinguish a school. Harvard took first place in graduation and retention (shared with Princeton), with 97 percent of first-years retained and a 98 percent graduation rate, as well as having the lowest acceptance rate (10 percent, also matched by Princeton...
...Athens. The team's remaining four members and two alternates were chosen after a two-day camp at the Karolyis' in July. Picking the right squad is more important this year because of new rules in the team event. Teams no longer have the luxury of dropping their lowest score on each apparatus. "There is absolutely no place for error," says Martha. "It's a harsh rule and demands 100% consistency...