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...still a raw talent, translate this magic to a major orchestra when he moves to L.A.? During transitional phrases, he can exhibit a young man's impatience, as if waiting for, rather than earning, the exciting passages (he conducted portions of the Edinburgh rehearsal with one hand in his pocket). Will he maintain the orchestra's respect? "Of course there are concerns," Simon Rattle says, before evoking again the mysterious nonlinguistic rapport between musicians and their leader. "But with Gustavo the music is the answer to every question you could...
...Santa Fe, Pickett urges her patients to start a garden, take a walk, go for a bike ride or meditate. If you can't go to nature, bring nature to you, she says. Pick up a rock and carry it around in your pocket as a reminder of your connection with the earth. It's all about remembering the joy we had when we played in the sandbox as toddlers or went on snipe hunts at summer camp...
...though, has a big head start on the rest of the industry, thanks largely to Singh. The amiable tycoon, known by his initials K.P., was dressed during a recent interview in a white suit with a polka-dot pocket square. He recalled how prescient strategy--and a stroke of luck--turned DLF into a property powerhouse. Founded by Singh's father-in-law Chaudhury Raghuvendra Singh, DLF (originally Delhi Land & Finance) got started in 1946, a year before India won its freedom from Britain. Raghuvendra bet that hundreds of thousands of refugees who were expected to settle in India...
What's wrong with the toys? It varies. Some of Mattel's Polly Pocket and Batman figures have tiny magnetic pieces that children can swallow. Such toys as Elmo and Thomas & Friends train sets may be coated in paint with toxic levels of lead...
...breed of financial-service providers--which now include Wal-Mart--that aim to marry the convenience of a check casher with the relative security of a bank. By offering lower basic check-cashing fees along with debit cards and reasonably priced consumer loans, these businesses hope to pocket a chunk of the more than $10 billion in fees that check cashers, payday loaners and pawn shops collect each year. Long ignored by traditional financial institutions, the unbanked get their modest earnings shaved even thinner by the high fees they pay simply to cash their paychecks. That's beginning to change...