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...James Howlett: little howler, or wolf boy - names are destiny in superhero stories. As a man, James, alias Logan, a.k.a. Wolverine, has a gigantic torso and bulging veins; he might be a late-'90s home-run hitter after a visit to BALCO. And since he's Hugh Jackman, he's blessed with the winsome stare of a beautiful boy who mistakenly thinks he's done wrong. Anyway, he looks great for someone who's about 160 years...
...substantially altered its relationship with its employees and the image that its customers had of the company. But, Starbuck's brand has escaped the damage of the layoff of 12,000 employees, relatively unscathed, if the modest drop in traffic is an indication. The lesson is that people will visit a beautiful home even if the owner has evicted his own mother as long as the home is well managed, and the company and cuisine at dinner are excellent...
...threat of travel restrictions spreads, it's those kinds of inconveniences - not health concerns - that put some people off their vacation plans. Yvonne Worth, 50, a freelance editor in London, says she's debating whether to travel to New York and Massachusetts to visit old friends because she worries the airline will cancel her flight. "If I book a ticket and end up losing it because of travel restrictions, I may not get my money back," she says. "Maybe I'll go see somebody in Amsterdam instead." Apparently not even a deadly virus can kill the travel bug in some...
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...first known flu fatality on the U.S. side of the border is emblematic of the problem posed by the symbiotic relationship. The 22-month-old boy who died of the flu in a Houston hospital had flown from Mexico City to Matamoros to visit relatives across the bridge in Brownsville. Many families, Phillips points out, have one foot in both countries. Managers for Mexican industrial plants on the border often live north of the river, while workers in the plants have family ties deeper inside Mexico and frequently head south...