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...make? It is difficult to pin down her policies, says political analyst Swapan Dasgupta, "because she has this arbitrary style." Since taking over in Uttar Pradesh again, Mayawati, who has called herself a "living goddess," has ordered half a dozen statues of herself and is building a $100 million park to commemorate BSP founder Kanshi Ram. She also wants to spend billions of dollars on a highway running beside the Ganges and has plans for a shopping mall next to the Taj Mahal. Such huge projects appeal to her supporters not only because they provide thousands of jobs but because...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Queen of the Dalits | 4/3/2008 | See Source »

...next afternoon, guests gathered at the MoCA forecourt in People's Park, where Ferruccio Ferragamo, Salvatore's eldest son and the company's CEO, launched an retrospective exhibition that consisted mostly of shoes and handbags, some of which had been worn by Taylor, Monroe and Mary Pickford. He was flanked by movie stars Tony Leung (In The Mood For Love) and Zhang Ziyi (Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Memoirs of a Geisha), whose presence drew hordes of passersby to gawk from just outside the VIP enclosure, holding phones aloft in an attempt to capture a grainy souvenir. Ferruccio talked about...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sole Train | 4/2/2008 | See Source »

...should be a formidable foe over the long haul. The team did lose sparkplug second baseman Kaz Matsui to free agency, but outfielder Brad Hawpe won't be underrated for long. As long as the Coors Field humidor helps Colorado pitchers keep the ball from flying out of the park, the Rockies should keep rolling...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Opening Day: A Boston-NY-Free Guide | 3/30/2008 | See Source »

With the score knotted at two entering the third inning, Harvard drove in eight and rallied again in the fourth, adding seven runs. Freshman Caitlin Bowers knocked two out of the park for her first two homeruns of her Crimson career. Bock drove in four while Pledger went...

Author: By Kara T. Kelley and Julia R. Senior, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Strong Start, Rough End to Nine-Game Stretch | 3/30/2008 | See Source »

...even a car bomb barrier out front. The place was full of families, many of them American, coming home for Easter. Ex-IRA foot soldiers out front offered driving tours of the old IRA battlefields. Who would ever have thought Northern Ireland would be turned into a theme park...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Whatever Happened to the IRA? | 3/28/2008 | See Source »

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