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...Apia as a boy, and later on scholarship in New Zealand, Albert Wendt recalls reading Treasure Island and Jekyll and Hyde "like every other young person, but I never considered him an important writer." Seeking to reposition his work as rich and revelatory, Wellington University's Roger Robinson last year published Robert Louis Stevenson: His Best Pacific Writings. "Together they form a contribution to the literature in English of the Pacific, in five genres, that still stands unmatched," he concludes. So in this postcolonial age, are we ready to revisit Stevenson? A rereading of his novella The Beach of Fales?...
...Dave Perry himself arrived near the end, and Chaz Scoggins as well. Afterwards, Bruce Robinson, whom I?ve been tight with since kindergarten, joined Chaz and me for a couple of rounds at a nearby Irish pub. None of us knew for sure if the Schilling thing would work, but as Bruce said: ?Spices it up.? We talked about old times, ?back when the Sox were losers,? and remarked how times change. We discussed, at some length, that morning?s bombings in London, and said the unoriginal thing: ?What a world...
...there, including a fairy-tale Sleeping Beauty Castle and a Space Mountain roller coaster. Will this slice of Americana appeal to the Chinese? Disney executives think so. The Chinese "have heard so much about the parks around the world, and they want to experience the same thing," says Don Robinson, managing director of Hong Kong Disneyland. Disney may be catching China at just the right time: Chinese consumers want to connect with the global pop culture that poverty and communist dictate had long kept out of reach. The Chinese, says Kevin Wong, a tourism economist at Hong Kong Polytechnic University...
...attractions for Hong Kong, such as an updated version of the popular racing ride Autopia, due to open in mid-2006. On the drawing board are plans to nearly double the park's capacity and possibly add a second park. "We're in for a long-term commitment," says Robinson. "It's not like just opening an office and selling a product. We have a castle." With all those grand plans, Disney realizes that the route to success in the world's most populous country is still blocked by a few Chinese walls. "Our eyes are wide open...
...Robinson Jr. Professor of Business Administration Jay O. Light will become acting dean of the Harvard Business School (HBS), the University announced yesterday...