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...editor-in-chief, he promised a renewed focus on breaking important stories. "We have to break stories, get them right, and get them on time," says investigative journalist Whittaker, who followed his former editor from Brisbane's Courier Mail to the broadsheet six months ago. The race to trump rivals - with the fresh angle, the killer picture, the exclusive interview - absorbs the national daily as it does every other major media outlet. Which is why Whittaker's on the phone telling a journalist, "failure's not an option. We have to get this picture any which way." The reporter...
...They did not want to be in the tallest anything, anywhere, anymore. At a time when Dick Cheney was still being shuttled around to undisclosed locations, skyscrapers suddenly seemed like the most disclosed locations of all--bull's-eyes with nice lobbies attached. Within weeks of 9/11, Donald Trump canceled plans to make his new apartment-office tower in Chicago the tallest in the world. It didn't help that the U.S. economy was turning south at the same time, leaving empty space in office towers everywhere. For a while, it looked as though the tall building, at least...
...want to be in the tallest anything, anywhere, anymore. At a time when U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney was still being shuttled around to undisclosed locations, skyscrapers suddenly seemed like the most disclosed locations of all - bull's-eyes with nice lobbies attached. Within weeks of 9/11, Donald Trump canceled plans to make his new apartment-office tower in Chicago the tallest in the world. It didn't help that the U.S. economy was turning south at the same time, leaving empty space in office towers everywhere. For a while, it looked as though the tall building, at least...
...becoming his party's leader last Dec-ember, Latham has not only been a man in a hurry, but one seemingly in control of his destiny. He has set the agenda and nudged conservative P.M. John Howard out of his comfort zone; surprisingly, Latham, 43, has regularly managed to trump the crafty incumbent in basic politics. With scant policy detail, Latham's positive slogan of a "new politics" is reaching voters. Al-though lampooned by his opponents, Latham is best known for his views about reading to children to improve literacy and banning television junk-food advertising to counter childhood...
...Unlike traditional time-shares, which give you access to a single place on the same dates every year, these clubs let members stay whenever they like in a number of places around the world. One, the Portofino Club, features homes in properties that range from New York City's Trump International Tower to a palazzo in Venice. For some homeowners, access to a world of second homes may be better than owning just...