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...first thing he did was reorganize the top tier of editors. He hired as his deputy Dean Baquet, then the national editor at the New York Times, and gave him broad authority over the day-to-day running of the paper. Baquet has pushed his people hard to compete with the large East Coast papers in national and foreign coverage, in the Times's reporting on the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq as well as with in-depth pieces like a Pulitzer-winning series on Wal-Mart that showed how the store cut prices with overseas sourcing...
Getting in touch with your inner inn is spreading across top-tier hospitality brands. Take the Fairmont Washington, D.C., which touts the Toronto-based chain's premium service as a "hotel within a hotel." In addition to the 48 elegantly furnished rooms, the hotel's concierges are expected to do the unexpected. Says Fairmont Gold concierge Clarence McLeod: "We're called upon without any notice to provide last-minute miracles. Sometimes I feel like Superman. I can conquer anything." All starting at $329 a night. For the chains, creating these special sanctums is a response to the popularity of boutique...
...estimates, Treasury's economic forecasts and the rhetorical flourishes in Peter Costello's Parliamentary speech on May 11, and what can you make of Australia's 2004-05 federal Budget? Is it anything but a routine annual statement on taxing and spending? While fiscal policy is nowadays a second-tier economic tool, it's always been a top-shelf political accelerant. It's also the best example around of how governments set the agenda - particularly when general elections loom. If Prime Minister John Howard and Treasurer Costello have become masters at anything during their 3,000 days in government...
...excel in the classroom, on the athletic field, and in extracurricular activities is often paralleled by a similar commitment to ‘improve’ their bodies.” Olivardia agrees, adding that it is “more likely to see [eating disorders] in your upper tier-schools...
Most ethicists take issue with the marketplace created around Ivy League eggs, not with the donation process itself. A healthy, college-educated woman receives around $5,000 dollars for her egg donation; first-tier college students around twice that; Harvard, Stanford, Princeton and Yale students up to ten times that amount...