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...global ad budget is spent in the U.S. The man in charge of revving up Volkswagen is CEO Bernd Pischetsrieder, who took over from domineering Ferdinand Piech in April 2002. A personable, goateed man who ran BMW from 1993 to 1999, Pischetsrieder, 55, knows he must do something to shake up the company's North American sales. But he is pursuing a risky strategy inherited from Piech - pushing his flagship brand into the U.S. luxury arena, where vehicle profit margins are higher than in the mid-priced segment where VW typically competes. Thus, the firm is launching its most expensive...
...scenes of a triumphant Commander-in-Chief surrounded by cheering troops as crassly choreographed for 30-second campaign ads, and fumed that the whole stunt had been paid for by the taxpayers. Now,the same critics can't wait to cue the tape. As American casualties mount and bombs shake Baghdad, the image of Bush's flight suit strut under a banner proclaiming "Mission Accomplished" is so discordant, his opponents believe, it says more about the administration's arrogance and incompetence than any stump speech could. "Never has government money been spent so well," snickers one operative for a Democratic...
...been arrested, and the local police just shake their heads when asked if an investigation is ongoing. Few will even discuss the incident because in Cambodia corruption and bribery are endemic, and retribution can be severe for those who interfere in profitable criminal enterprises. "These are things we don't talk about," says Khieu Kort, a guard whose hammock hangs near the looted site. "It's too dangerous." Tranet is less circumspect. He blames the country's "chaotic political system," which encourages Cambodians to pillage, protected by local authorities who sometimes receive a piece of the action. "Last year [Cambodian...
...time when symphony orchestras are losing their audience, no word frightened the supporters of the Disney Hall more than elitism. It was essential to make a place where both Shostokovich and Shrek could feel at home. Disney, who had Leopold Stokowski shake hands on camera with Mickey Mouse, loved classical music, but he loved the public, too. Gehry's design thoroughly digests the Western architectural vocabulary without quoting literally from it. The free-form silhouette is just right for a concert hall in multimultiethnic Los Angeles, a city that doesn't look to Europe for much beyond designer shoes...
...What works well; why is this moving me?” Wood asks. “The novel exists to move us, to shake us profoundly. When we’re rigorous about feeling, we’re honoring that...