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...rail connection, which opened in January, means the majority of Taiwan's population can reach Tainan in less than two hours, raising hopes that the island's spiritual and cultural center will thrive once again. "This is where Taiwan's modern civilization began," says Tsai Bi-ju, Tainan's international-affairs section chief, referring to the city's 200-year reign as the island's capital before Taipei replaced it in 1885. Tainan's founding father, a Ming dynasty general called Koxinga, arrived from China in 1661 with a fleet of artists and scholars, intent on transforming the Dutch-ruled...
...latest assault aims to protect the thousands of birds, wildlife and even some endangered species that wildlife experts and activists claim die annually from ingesting spent ammo that gets left in the mountains, prairies, and forests where the hunted species thrive. As an alternative, "get-the-lead-out" advocates want hunters to start using copper, bismuth, tungsten, steel, tin, and other alloys in their bullets...
...year. On an hourly basis, that's barely above what Wal-Mart is paying in its Secaucus, N.J., store. Maybe the cops can get a second job to make ends meet, since they can't afford to live in the city they protect. The same city where sweatshops thrive in Chinatown, immigrant Mexican help has been grossly underpaid by immigrant Korean deli owners, and immigrant African deliverymen had been getting $1.25 per hour at unionized Manhattan supermarkets (relying on tips) until authorities finally stepped in. "Wal-Mart's values are not New York's values," proclaimed Stuart Appelbaum, president...
...cladding to a high-rise at London's Canary Wharf. He took it. Wasilewski then moved his family to Britain and, in 2004, invested in two small stoneware companies. He has not looked back. Turnover has doubled in the past three years. Instead of struggling to make his business thrive, Wasilewski now employs about 50 workers, most of them, like him, from Poland. Wasilewski hopes to return to his homeland some day. In fact, he'd like to move some of his own companies' production processes back there later this year. Meanwhile, his two young children, ages...
...first half—Goffredo shouldered the offensive load, scoring 17 of Harvard’s 37 first-half points on 5-of-9 shooting with three three-pointers. In the second half, despite increased pressure from the Big Red defense, Goffredo continued to thrive, posting 15 points. Several of his second-half three-pointers were from well behind the arc, silencing a rowdy student section that watched its team blow a 14-point lead. “When you’re shot’s going good, you take shots you might not usually take...