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Howard’s expertise in botany proved useful during World War II. Serving in the Army, Howard produced survival manuals that taught soldiers downed in the Pacific to live off the land in extreme conditions.

Author: By Tina Wang, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Top Botanist, Beloved Professor Dies at 86 | 9/26/2003 | See Source »

In total, this region should be 5% to 8% of your stock portfolio--easily accomplished through proven funds like Matthews Pacific Tiger and the fund run by Greig, who likes Asian consumer-electronics companies, including Samsung, Canon, Sharp, Pioneer and Taiwan Semiconductor. They have lower prices relative to earnings than...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Investing: Buy Foreign! | 9/22/2003 | See Source »

To get tourist dollars flowing again, the government initiated a nearly $200 million recovery scheme. Dubbed the Relaunch Hong Kong promotion, the three-month-old campaign has already wooed Chinese basketball titan Yao Ming, soccer superstar David Beckham and their respective teams. The campaign has collaborated with airlines and hotels...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Global Life: Alive and Kicking | 9/22/2003 | See Source »

Maybe not. But Yi Jianlian had better get used to the lofty expectations. A lot of people on both sides of the Pacific are hoping that the talented 6-ft. 11-in. teenager will be the next Yao Ming. Ever since Yao electrified the National Basketball Association last season as...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Next Yao Ming? | 9/8/2003 | See Source »

29,000 Number of rubber bath toys thought to be streaming toward the eastern seaboard of the U.S. They fell off a container ship in the Pacific in 1992

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones | 9/8/2003 | See Source »

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