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...heat on North Korea even more. His somewhat unlikely ally in pressuring Pyongyang is Lee Myung Bak, 66, the newly inaugurated President of South Korea. Lee, a conservative who says he wants closer ties with Washington, has vowed to take a tougher line toward his uncooperative Northern neighbor, in stark contrast to the "Sunshine Policy" Seoul has pursued for the past 10 years. This program of engagement allowed North Korea, without giving up much of anything, to gorge on a smorgasbord of South Korean aid amounting to more than $800 million in the past five years alone. The gravy train...
...eyed daughter of a prim pair of young professionals. That case seemed to play out as a distinctly middle-class drama: the McCanns were dining at a sun-splashed Portuguese resort when their daughter went missing. The Shannon Matthews case, on the other hand, has provided a stark reminder to the residents of the Dewsbury Moor council estate - and to Britain as a whole - that the lives of the poor are too often of interest only when they become too desperate to ignore, or too bizarre. with reporting by D.J. Siegel
...team to revive the brand in a new format. Since warming up in markets across the country, Madewell has opened its New York City flagship. The two-story store (below) successfully conveys the brand's spirit with original 1882 moldings, floors and fireplaces, and a brilliant contrast of stark white walls to vibrant merchandise everywhere one looks...
...what he talks about in Positive Psych and the spirit of Shabbat are similar,” Rohr said. “Taking time out to be with friends and family, to reflect.” —Staff writer Rachel A. Stark can be reached at rstark@fas.harvard.edu...
...struggle part of the American struggle. “Suddenly, me helping you out is not me losing, but helping the nation,” she said, “That’s how it should be framed.” —Staff writer Rachel A. Stark can be reached at rstark@fas.harvard.edu...