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...those papers -- including things like the Secret Service log book of everything the President did while in office -- are mindboggling. But they are nothing compared to the museum pieces stacked in not much order in another huge room. The collection includes Kennedy's personal possessions -- from scrimshaws to Gov 7 notebook -- plus scores of gifts from heads of state and unknowns around the world. There are 1245 paintings of Kennedy, 280 busts, and one Harvard chair, a gift from the Class of 1964, presumptuously inscribed: "The only proper seat of government is a Harvard chair...
...debates over to the two major parties. Before 1988 the rules of the debates were hashed out by the non-partisan sponsor with only limited input from the major parties. Now the major parties draft what are called the “memoranda of understanding,” secret documents that set out the rules and format of the debates. The two major parties create this document in negotiations without the CPD present, meaning that no non-partisan group is able to contribute to the ultimate format and rules of the debate...
...Bhagwan's Tantric tryst is a thinly veiled allusion to one of the more bizarre nooks of modern Indian history. Years after Nehru's death, one of his close aides made the sensational claim that he had had a secret affair with a Hindu godwoman. Singh says he met the godwoman late in her life, and was convinced?whatever the veracity of her story?that she at least possessed the physical charms necessary to bowl over a Prime Minister. "What she must have been in her 20s, I can only imagine," says Singh, with a hint of longing...
Masakazu's secret for a long corporate life? Deliver lasting products and stand by them. "At Shitennoji," he says, "someone from our company is there every day." And perhaps forever. --By Hanna Kite
Free trade, banking reform and global competition are making it harder for family businesses to carry on like secret societies. Shareholders are demanding transparency and calling for publicly owned companies to operate for the benefit of all stakeholders--not just gene holders. "The rules of the game have changed," says Jamie Allen, secretary general of the Asian Corporate Governance Association in Hong Kong...