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...Times (weekday circulation 1.1 million), in contrast, makes headlines with every journalism prize, mini-scandal and intrastaff squabble. Journalists will tell you all this attention is justified because the Times is the nation's most important newspaper. And this is true, if you keep in mind that the journalist's definition of important is "important to journalists." USA Today is not in an urban hot spot. In 2001 it moved (along with corporate parent Gannett) to spacious new digs, complete with fitness club, in the remote office-park suburbs of Washington. Its comparatively quiet newsroom culture doesn't make...
...customers are very rich," he says with a smile, and tells me they are mostly bankers, doctors or industrialists. "My cheapest paintings cost $28,700". Despite his Zen leanings, Tan appreciates the good life his art has provided for him. He drives a trendy Mini Cooper in a country where vehicle-registration costs and taxes drive the price for that model up to $69,000, and he dines at Au Jardin, where the famous D?gustation menu comes with a bill for more than $80. Tan acknowledges he is a big spender: "Buddhism is not against making money; it's against...
...Option 2: Impeachment Critics point to Tung's tardy response to the SARS epidemic and his bungling efforts to revive the economy to claim that he has been derelict in his duty?one requirement for impeachment under Hong Kong's mini-constitution. A two-third vote by lawmakers would be needed to recommend to Beijing that he be removed...
...Option 3: Resign Tung would have no choice but to quit if Beijing urged him to go. Under Hong Kong's mini-constitution, he must resign if he cannot discharge his duties (because of illness, for example), repeatedly fails to get his policies or budget approved by the legislature, or repeatedly refuses to sign bills the legislature has passed...
...more elaborate than a note dashed off to loved ones from a deathbed, an ethical will, sometimes called a personal legacy, is proving especially popular among baby boomers as they begin contemplating their mortality in earnest. A mini-industry has sprung up to help those seeking a bit of emotional immortality. Fancy binders with silk-moire linings and archival paper are now available. How-to workshops abound, as do websites and consultants who will preserve the bequest on videotape...