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...seafood fresh from the net, and miles of white sand, unblemished by footprints. Given the conflicting demands for laid-back escape and sumptuous lodging, nowhere has managed the mix better than Thailand. In the 1970s it was Pattaya. The 1980s: Phuket. Resorts by the score are already pining to supplant Ko Samui, favored destination of the '90s. Yet the victor may not be another idyllic Ko Samui wannabe, but a genuine blast from the past...
...will alter the course of the universe with our conclusions either. As such, the thesis is simply a research paper; a bit longer, and a bit more in-depth than most we have written, but a research paper nonetheless. So go ahead and introduce your argument, supplant it with evidence and then slam it shut with a conclusion. Besides a couple of revisions and advisor meetings, the thesis should be your basic “wham, bam, thank-you ma’am” operation...
...branch of the Transportation Department and separate from the Federal Aviation Administration. It will assume all existing contracts between airlines and private security firms by mid-February. Within a year, the government will supplant the private screeners with newly trained federal workers, who must be U.S. citizens. (Many of the private screeners will qualify for federal jobs and will be retrained.) Magaw will also hire a security czar for each of the country's 429 major airports. "There was a lack of focus," he said. "There's no lack of focus...
...ranking officer in charge of defending the U.S. It's likely that the mission will be assigned to either the Norfolk-based Joint Forces Command, which oversees 80% of U.S. forces based inside the U.S., or NORAD, based in Colorado Springs, Colo. The homeland-defense commander would support, not supplant, the new White House Office of Homeland Security run by Tom Ridge, with all those problematic details on who outranks whom still to be worked...
...Dolan sisters--who seem to want to supplant the McCourt brothers in ubiquity--have released a book, Satellite Sisters' UnCommon Senses (Riverhead; 370 pages; $24.95). It posits, through a series of anecdotes told by each sister, that when you grow up in a large family, you develop an extra set of senses that help you both stand out from and connect to your kin. This, at least, is the conceit. But the underlying mantra of the book and the radio show is the same: talk is good. Even seemingly insignificant banter, such as the discussion about the aforementioned gravy boat...