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...unveil at this year's gathering. Even though the company, based in Milwaukee, Wis., is firing on all cylinders, it could be headed for a nasty spill if it doesn't navigate this generational speed bump. Despite its powerful brand, Harley has failed to attract enough young riders, who prefer the speedy, more technically advanced machines from Asian powers like Honda and Yamaha and European rivals BMW and Ducati. While it still leads the pack when it comes to the heavyweight cruisers favored by Mom and Dad--they're cute on their big bikes, aren't they?--Harley...
...parents' purchases; the figure is expected to approach $300 billion this year. According to the Maryland-based Center for a New American Dream, which dispenses antidotes for raging consumerism, two-thirds of parents say their kids define their self-worth in terms of possessions; half say their kids prefer to go to a shopping mall than to go hiking or on a family outing; and a majority admit to buying their children products they disapprove of--products that may even be bad for them--because the kids said they "needed" the items to fit in with their friends...
...obliterated mainland China's opium scene. Hong Kong's last opium den shut down in the '70s, and even famously dissolute Bangkok is reportedly bereft of a working opium den, the pipes consigned to antique stalls at the Saturday flea markets. The fast-lane kids of Asia's supercities prefer to get their kicks smoking speed or swallowing Es. Opium is grandpa's drug...
...sharpen their upper canines as they chew. Hominids don't." The new creature's back teeth are larger than a chimp's too, while the front teeth are narrower, suggesting that its diet included a variety of fibrous foods, rather than the fruits and soft leaves that chimps prefer...
...Feng's unapologetic portrayal of a consumer-obsessed, spiritually bereft China dismays Beijing's snobby culture mandarins: They prefer gilded, high-art films, and the fact that Feng's proletarian movies actually make money is seen as doubly galling. "We are shocked by Feng's superficial motives, outdated film skills and astonishing lack of creativity," sniffs Beijing film critic Wang Zhen. "It falls under the banner of commercial filmmaking...