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Therein lies the dilemma for those who wish to regulate assisted living. The vast majority of residents pay for their own care, and according to industry surveys, most are satisfied. Even at the height of turmoil at the Eagan center, several families wrote thank-you letters for the "wonderful" and "tender" care and for providing a place "just like home." So how to justify government intrusion? Michigan decided it couldn't, and the state swiftly passed a law that allowed Cyphert and all other assisted-living residents to stay as long as they wish if the family, the doctor...
...virtue, and being very rich is practically godly. Thaksin benefits from being one of the country's richest men, with a fortune estimated at more than $1.2 billion and interests in sectors ranging from cell phones to satellites. His confidence is that of a man who has had vast, bankable successes. His election campaign inculcated in Thais the idea that if he could make billions for himself, then surely he could generate a few thousand baht for the bar girls, farmers and noodle sellers. During his campaign, almost every neighborhood seemed festooned with his Thai Rak Thai (Thai Love Thai...
...through his wife that he secured the connections that would launch his first successful business: leasing computers to the police department. This venture would also be the first to bear the taint of cronyism and conflict of interest that has also been a hallmark of Thaksin's vast financial success. He insists there was no impropriety to his working for the police department while he was leasing it equipment. His wife ran the operation, almost as a blind trust, Thaksin has always said. (Business partners who knew him during that period say Thaksin was always intimately involved in running...
...executive office in Bangkok's government House is a rectangular room painted a cool shade of blue. Thaksin's vast, mahogany desk sits before a portrait of King Bhumibol Adulyadej, two immense rococo urns and a cabinet of Siamese vases. His work space is clear, save for a Phillips computer and laser printer. The effect of sitting in this room, with its plush oriental carpets and quiet rush of air-conditioning, is a little like being submerged. Voices are muted. Movements seem unnaturally slow. It is as if Thaksin's aura of measured patience radiates outward, catching even his aides...
...sunrise. For black U.S. servicemen and the girls who chase them, there's a routine to the club scene: if it's Thursday night, it's Else, a dim, smoky disco just outside the gates of Kadena Air Force Base; on Friday nights it's the Globe & Anchor, a vast R. and R. complex on Camp Foster with arcade games and pool tables around a pulsing dance floor; on Saturday nights it's Slum, a three-story hip-hop club on the divey back streets of Naha City. (In the wake of the June 29 incident, the club...