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...toward an even younger man, who looks like he's just woken after a big night. The bags Pat hands around turn out to be as much cargo as we're going to be allowed to take. About twice the size of our sleeping bags, they will carry a meager array of clothes and, if we're lucky, keep them dry. After putting in two pairs of thick socks - one for bed, one for around camp - I add the pair I'll wear during the day, the pair that will stay wet, and keep my feet wet, for the entire...
...have much money can only get the Arroyo administration so far. Ultimately, Arroyo must kick-start economic growth. Although the country has scored a few successes?the Philippines, like India, has tapped into the global trend for outsourcing and now has some 60,000 people manning call centers?meager investment is holding the economy back. Net foreign direct investment totaled a mere $161 million in 2003, down from $1.7 billion...
What concerns analysts like Prudential's Michael Bruynesteyn is that Chrysler's mix of all-new or redesigned vehicles will be meager next year compared with that of rising rivals such as Honda and Nissan. And Chrysler has shown a penchant for resorting to costly incentives at the first whiff of sagging sales. Looking ahead, Zetsche says, "profitability is our No. 1 guiding principle," even if that means accepting a smaller share of the market. As for Gilles, he's hard at work on the next generation of Chrysler minivans. He won't breathe a word about their design...
...sure enough, the food at the University of Dar es Salaam was awful. Mornings are a piece of fried bread (called chapati), a blockish hunk of porridge and a cup of foul tea. The saving grace, of course, is that these unappetizing and meager tidings cost around 400 shillings, the equivalent of 35 cents...
...flying studio, launched in a blaze of publicity in 1994 by Steven Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg and David Geffen. The IPO filing reveals that DreamWorks' animation division lost more than $350 million over the past five years. It also warns of a litany of potential pitfalls, from the studio's meager slate of big-budget films to its undersized library of movies from which to generate cash during lean years...