Word: tigers
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That message might resonate most with the Irish themselves. For generations, Ireland had to export its underemployed to foreign shores, particularly the U.S. They were not always welcome for the very same reasons that the Poles were feared. Now the Celtic Tiger has reversed history: Ireland's modern diaspora has been returning home to a robust economy infused by immigrant Poles. It's a welcome, and welcoming, place for both...
...Houston Petroleum Club, now high atop the city's ExxonMobil building, had always been where oil executives and adventurers gathered to discuss "bidness." But these days, more and more energy executives are meeting at the Emirates Golf Club in Dubai, where Tiger Woods recently played, to discuss their deals. So, it shouldn't have been too surprising when Halliburton Chairman and CEO David Lesar announced that he was moving the headquarters of the enormous oil construction and logistics company to the business capital of the United Arab Emirates. The rest of the industry was migrating that way already...
...Ireland's Revival E.U. structural funds aren't the only reason that the Emerald Tiger roars, and Ireland isn't the only place where money from Brussels has helped build a modern infrastructure. But there's something about the scale of the transformation of Ireland's economy since membership in 1973 that boggles the mind...
...correct. "The information that's available now has completely changed the way I think about golf," says Claude Harmon, a teacher on the tour for more than 15 years. Digital analysis has made it clear to him and other teaching pros that not everyone can--or should--swing like Tiger. Instead, instructors should design a swing tailored to each golfer's body mechanics. "All of this information is like an MRI for your swing," says Harmon. "Wherever the tumor is, it will find...
...ingenuity of the choreography and the flawlessness with which the dancers execute the extremely difficult and acrobatic moves. With unbelievable strength and grace, the dancers flip over and walk on each other, creating the effect of a human jungle gym. In the style of “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, one dancer, Madelyn M. Ho ’08, nimbly leaps up a mass human staircase and later navigates her way across the shoulders of her fellow dancers. A balletic fistfight between Shee and James C. Fuller ’10 is particularly riveting and displays the incredible talent...