Word: third world
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...take the chance to create something by myself." Kirchschlager has succeeded in creating a vivid character, but whether Sophie enters the pantheon of operatic heroines will depend ultimately on composer Maw's work. The opera is his third (and his first in over 20 years), and his experiences with sub-par productions of his first two left him "very disillusioned with the world of opera." But this time, he had the best midwives in the business: conductor Simon Rattle, temporarily back in London from his post as director of the Berlin Philharmonic, and renowned director Trevor Nunn. With top tickets...
...that comes from fruit carrying a gene from a strain of the E. coli bacterium. This vaccine can fight off diarrheal diseases. I didn't realize such a thing was possible. I'm glad to know there are scientists trying to find better ways to combat disease in impoverished Third World countries. MARIA MAMAH Union Springs...
...marches or sign petitions. Anne Sofie Roald took the veil. When she discovered Islam at the University of Oslo in the early '80s, the faith seemed to offer all that she sought - fellowship, moral grounding, even ideological compatibility. "I was thinking about how the First World was exploiting the Third World," she says. As she read the works of such anti-Western thinkers as Sayyid Qutb, "I saw my ideas," though she now admits the writings are "apologetic literature" for a brand of Islam more radical than her own. She ventured into Oslo's Muslim community, and the believers, most...
...brand and distract the attention of management. But Trapani was confident that the people who buy Bulgari's high-priced gems would also stay at the hotels - provided they lived up to the brand's luxury image. And, he reckoned, having the Bulgari name on beautiful buildings throughout the world would be a good way to build brand awareness. It took a year to find the first location, a former nunnery backing onto the botanical gardens in the heart of Milan. The old building has been gutted and given a new glass facade; teakwood balconies off the rooms...
...While the world frets about Beijing's Net-unfriendly ways, the country's Internet population has ballooned to 55 million users, transforming chortals into full-fledged media companies. According to a new report from Harvard Law School, the Chinese government regularly denies access to more than 19,000 websites. Yet, in a country still dominated by state-run media, chortals deliver what no one else in China does: edgy, cool?sometimes subversive?content. News, much of it reflecting poorly on the Party, tends to break first on the Net. Chat rooms buzz with risquE flirtations. Dirty jokes abound. And chortals...