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...bloodless coup that overthrew Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra last month, Thailand's growth was decelerating, in part because of rising oil prices and months of political gridlock. But the new regime will not necessarily make things worse. "The coup creates near-term uncertainty, no question," says emerging-markets expert Marc Faber, publisher of The Gloom, Boom & Doom Report. "Having said that, I don't think this will have a huge impact on the financial and manufacturing sector." In a reassuring move, the new administration tapped central-bank governor Pridiyathorn Devakula, a respected technocrat who helped extricate Thailand from...
...enjoyed the integration of humor and science. “It was enjoyable and entertaining to see science could be weird and funny too,” Alexander, who is also a Crimson editor, said. Master of Ceremonies and “Annals of Improbable Research” editor, Marc A. Abrahams, ended the night with his annual closing remark, “If you didn’t win an Ig Nobel prize tonight—and especially if you did—better luck next year.” No one left the ceremony empty handed. Winners...
...music world, however, was full of gifted and influential Jews at the time, such as Aaron Copland, George Gershwin, Kurt Weill, Arnold Shoenberg, and Marc Blitzstein...
When Ben Ziskind steals a Marc Chagall painting from the Museum of Hebraic Art, he has to come back three days later—along with everyone else who’d visited the exhibit—to tell curator Erica Frank that he didn?...
...foundation itself will serve as a place to illustrate the creative process-whether it be contemporary art or fashion. Arnault pointed to the highly successful collaboration of designers like Marc Jacobs with artists like Murakami as a starting point. "But we will also explain, for example, how Basquiat and Dubuffet could be seen as related," Arnault said. Artists will also be invited to create pieces that relate to the neighboring playground-a gesture, no doubt, to appeal to the kids and their beloved park...