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...Tran Cong Tien tells it, he was mad as hell and he wasn't going to take it anymore. Pulled over by a Hanoi traffic cop a few weeks ago for driving in the wrong direction down a one-way street, he says he tried to be reasonable. Tien claims the $6 bribe offered was more than fair, but the officer wanted more to ignore the traffic violation. Words between the two escalated. Insults flew. And then Tien snapped. "I grabbed his neck and pushed hard," he says. "I have never dared challenge the police. I'm fed up with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Vietnamese Fight Back Against Cop Corruption | 3/25/2009 | See Source »

West by Southwest. Southwest Airlines is having a sale on tickets for travel any day of week except Friday and Sunday. Fly for $49 one-way between Burbank and Sacramento; $69 one-way between Denver and Oakland; or $99 one-way between Houston Hobby and Los Angeles. Flights must be booked online by April 6, for travel April 2 to August 14, with a 14-day advance purchase. Some blackout dates apply...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fast Track to Elite: Double Air and Rail Miles | 3/23/2009 | See Source »

...though, it’s time for Cambridge to internalize the lesson that Washington should have learned back in 1930, when the restrictive Smoot-Hawley Tariff helped plunge the United States into the Great Depression: Protectionism may be intuitively appealing and politically convenient, but it’s a one-way street to nowhere...

Author: By Daniel E. Herz-roiphe | Title: Smoot, Hawley, and HUDS | 3/18/2009 | See Source »

...Aboard! Riding on Amtrak's Acela Express trains just got cheaper. The railroad is offering 25% off prices for tickets purchased 14 days in advance, meaning a one-way ticket between Washington, D.C., and New York City can cost as little as $99, and between New York and Boston, just $79. The sale lasts through June 26, with limited availability...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Across the Board, Luxury Travel Is on Sale | 3/9/2009 | See Source »

...Nayda (Jacklyn Jose) resents the unbreakable ties to this home that an unexpected pregnancy (and the ensuing marriage) reinforced, and her ambiguous romantic interest in her cousin Ronald (Kristoffer King) further complicates her emotions. Cousin Alan (Coco Martin) has impregnated his girlfriend, Merly (Mercedes Cabral)—a one-way ticket to the altar and another mouth to feed. And all the while, “service” men gather in the theatre’s lobby and cinema, selling themselves to the gay frequenters for as much as 300 pesos—the equivalent of about...

Author: By Beryl C.D. Lipton, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Serbis | 3/5/2009 | See Source »

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