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...Medicine, [Afro-American] studies, it’s the same” said Dr. Lawrence Cohn, the chief of cardiac surgery at Brigham. “If you’re good, people try to lure you away. You can use that for your advantage...
...British colonials as the Pearl of the Orient has staked its fortunes on high tech at the expense of its unique natural and cultural assets. With the computer-chip industry in a slump, Penang's residents are now wondering if their enthusiasm was misguided, and whether they can lure tourists back to their beaches and historical treasures. Malaysia's Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, whose penchant for progress inspired much of the high-tech push, did not help their cause when he called Penang the dirtiest place in the country?twice...
...scent of spice and the lure of easy money drew traders and settlers from across Europe, the Arab world, India, China, Thailand and Burma. Their diverse traditions still resonate in the heart of George Town's old city. The grand colonial architecture of City Hall, the court buildings and the Penang Museum and Art Gallery cohabits comfortably with ornate Hindu and incense-wreathed Buddhist temples, Chinese clan houses, Muslim mosques and serried rows of peeling and shuttered shophouses. Cultures collide at every intersection. A walk down Lebuh Chulia, a major thoroughfare, will have your mouth watering at the spicy aromas...
...official government update cannot. Dealing with dangerous people is part of the job, and Pearl certainly knew as much when he arranged for an interview with Sheik Mubarak Ali Shah Gilani, who leads a Pakistani Muslim group. The interview apparently was the trap that the terrorists used to lure in Pearl...
...said a lot these days, but saving for retirement and having a 401(k) are not necessarily the same thing. There's no law that says a company has to offer a 401(k) to employees - it's a perk offered by employers to lure talent - and none that says an employee has to take it. Ultimately, an employee has to make a decision whether this particular employer benefit - and the way the employer structures it - is worth a damn. Which is the same decision they've got to make about the worth (and the stock) of the company that...