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...father Sukarno, Megawati, 57, is called Ibu (Mother) by her adoring supporters, and not long ago she embodied an egalitarian Indonesia no longer dominated by Suharto's cozy cabal of politicians and businessmen. But after two ineffective and inconsistent years in office, Megawati has started to look more like Mini-wati in the eyes of the disillusioned masses, who are voicing their disappointment at the ballot box. Members of her Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (known by its Indonesian acronym PDIP), suffered a surprise setback earlier this month in the parliamentary election. PDIP lost its status as the legislature...
...Children's Museum offers programs like Dilly Dali, for small Surrealists, and Funshine Band, in which tots can make their own music. And one of the highlights at EdVenture in Columbia, S.C., which opened last November, is a simulated indoor jungle. Toddlers can fish, hunt for bugs and climb mini-trees in an engrossing exhibit that engages their senses with the sights, sounds and even smells of the outdoors. Similarly, the Children's Museum of Atlanta, which opened in March 2003, has a forest in which preschoolers can don multicolored raincoats and play under a 250-gal. waterfall as they...
...condition. From the end of the Harvard football season in November to spring break in March, Balestracci trainedregularly with the assistance of Harvard Athletics strength and conditioning coaches Sean Hayes and Jodi Nash, along with former teammate Jack Fadule ’03. After spring break came Pro Days, mini-combines where scouts could check out the incoming draft class...
Moving to such a system would mean transplanting fall final exams before the winter break, beginning the school year directly after Labor Day, and leaving January free for the College to offer an extended break or adopt a month-long January term (J-term). This mini-term could be dedicated to classes or other curricular and extracurricular activities...
Following Taikichiro's death in 1993, however, a rift arose in the house of Mori. Minoru and Akira harbored conflicting strategic visions. Minoru favored bold urban re-engineering, as demonstrated not only by his Roppongi Hills mini-city in Tokyo but also a project in Shanghai to build the world's tallest building. From anyone else, that might seem like delusional self-aggrandizement, but Mori actually has the muscle to put some mortar behind his message. Take the $2.25 billion, 27-acre Roppongi Hills. The project, which opened 12 months ago, was carved from more than 400 smaller building lots...