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...California from Asia after a business trip, just before flying off to Asia from California on another trip, I would spend as little time as possible on the ground so I wouldn't have to change my body clock. The upshot, however, on the calendar, is that I wake up one Sunday in Bali and find myself on Monday in Sydney. On Tuesday (as it seems to me) I'm in California. On Thursday I'm on my way to Singapore, and on Saturday I'm in Delhi. By the following Sunday...
...Those steering Taiwan's arts scene say cross-strait traffic has grown steadily over the past 10 years or so, helped by China's economic rise and fewer government restrictions from both sides. Stronger financial support for Chinese performers traveling to Taiwan has come in the wake of China's new wealth. So has a flurry of private arts promoters, keen to bring Taiwan artists to the mainland, where they are a big box-office draw. But deeper processes are at work, too. "Culture doesn't take sides, so the issue of arts exchange isn't so sensitive," says...
...phone from his oddball little island [Faro, where Bergman lived his last 40 years]. He confided about his irrational dreams: for instance, that he would show up on the set and not know where to put the camera and be panic stricken. He'd have to wake up and tell himself that he is an experienced, respected director, and he certainly does know where to put the camera. But that anxiety was with him long after he had created 15, 20 masterpieces...
...phone from his oddball little island [Faro, where Bergman lived his last 40 years]. He confided about his irrational dreams: for instance, that he would show up on the set and not know where to put the camera and be completely panic-stricken. He'd have to wake up and tell himself that he is an experienced, respected director and he certainly does know where to put the camera. But that anxiety was with him long after he had created 15, 20 masterpieces...
...Drummond, however, was the first such case to go to trial. "Getting this case to trial was a great accomplishment; it is really a wake-up call for all U.S. companies that their behavior overseas will see the light of day - perhaps even in U.S. federal courts," says Walter Tache, a Miami lawyer with the firm of Zuckerman Spaeder, who has consulted with both sides of such claims. "Once there is a successful case, the floodgates from the plaintiff's bar will open for many more...