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...credit card debt; she used another to buy her car; and now she's applied for a mortgage to pay for the apartment. Soon she will open her own IT consultancy. Never mind that interest rates might rise, that the property market might fall, or that Wacharee earns a modest $1,500 a month. To her, and millions of other Thais, the good times are back. And for that, they say, there is one person to thank: the country's Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. "Thais didn't used to have faith in him, but he has finally proved...
Lambert, however, remains modest almost to a fault. Regarding last November’s CRASH-Bs, she insists with a laugh that, “a lot of people who could have beaten me weren’t there...
...shale projects of the 1980s were scrapped. Exxon spent $1 billion within two years of its much ballyhooed plunge into shale, then abruptly abandoned the project in 1982, citing market conditions and escalating costs. The Unocal plant actually did begin producing a modest amount of oil in the 1980s, but then in 1991 it too shut down, after heavy losses...
...game circuit operates much like pro tennis'. Gamers qualify for top-tier events by competing in smaller tourneys either individually or as part of a team. Organizers prefer teams because they draw more fans--crucial for an event trying to sell itself as a spectator sport. Purses are relatively modest, at least by pro-baseball standards. A World Cyber Games winner might get $20,000--less than what the Texas Rangers pay shortstop Alex Rodriguez for two innings...
...people keep coming, numbering as many as 1,300 by the end of the night. While the event draws an older, professional crowd, during the school year it also attracts a modest college contingent. The event runs weekly June through August as mfasummerfridays, held outdoors in the Calderwood Courtyard when the weather permits. The cover charge is included in the museum’s entrance fee ($15; $13 after 5 p.m.), and is waived for Harvard students and students from a variety of Boston schools. The only obstacle for Harvard students then is a valid ID—the event...