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...Bryant and Bennett run the Bridge, a consultancy that helps African Americans who would like to invest in Africa navigate the continent's folkways, and they were trying hard to shepherd a delegation filled with prominent clients through Ghana without mishap. The delegation was celebrating the signing of a sister-city agreement between Washington and Accra. And while most of the entourage was excited about visiting the capital, no one would have mistaken them for ambassadors of Ghanaian culture...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ghana's New Money | 8/21/2006 | See Source »

...plunge pools are among the highlights of these expansive, 350-sq-m houses, pictured above, and all have unobstructed views of Himalayan peaks and grazing buffalo. If that doesn't satiate your appetite for exotic luxury, then you can get a second helping at the Banyan Tree Ringha, a sister property four hours' drive north. Located just outside the city of Shangri-La (which used to be known as Zhongdian until the Chinese government renamed it in a bid to lure tourists), Ringha's well-heated two-story Tibetan-style houses feature lovely wooden bathtubs for two, while...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Peak Time | 8/21/2006 | See Source »

...same price as cupcakes," she says of what artisanal bakeries have discovered is the most profitable dessert not made by Hostess. But Myers also loves being transported to her childhood via the American madeleine. She not only buys cupcakes but also bakes them on weekends for her little sister...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Food: Cupcake Nation | 8/20/2006 | See Source »

...union machinist. Laffey was the first in his family to go to college (Bowdoin, and then Harvard Business School). But the family story was far more complicated than that. His eldest brother, whom Laffey describes as a "promiscuous homosexual," died of aids. His elder brother and a younger sister suffer from schizophrenia. "These guys saved me," he says, pointing toward his childhood pals blitzing the suburban street in Coventry. "We were a tribe. Their parents took me in. I only made it out because of them." He went on to manage an investment bank and then came home to Cranston...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Running Against the Big Shots | 8/19/2006 | See Source »

...think that's all talk you can have with your girlfriends and your sister. Guys don't really want to hear it. They zone out. They're not built that way. If they have that conversation, they're being forced to have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Women Should Think Like Men | 8/17/2006 | See Source »

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