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What's more, at a time when most of the world's tech companies are still shuttering plants and trimming R. and D. to weather the global economic slump, Samsung is extending its reach. Bolstered by the resurgent Korean economy--which is expected to grow 3% to 6% this year after nearly collapsing during the 1997 Asian financial crisis--Samsung Electronics' worldwide revenue reached $25 billion last year...
When creating their lines for spring, it seems fashion designers unanimously concluded that this was the moment to update the peasant blouse. As stores stock up for warmer weather, the garment will soon become ubiquitous (Julia Roberts, Janet Jackson and Calista Flockhart have already been spotted wearing them). In shape and color, the tops hark back to the hippie era. Loose and unstructured, they come mainly in white and pastels, often with embroidery. In detail and fabric, they tend toward the romantic, with ruffles around the neckline and cuffs, in chiffon and other sheer fabrics. The good news...
...What's more, at a time when most of the world's tech companies are still shuttering plants and trimming R. and D. to weather the global economic slump, Samsung is extending its reach. Bolstered by the resurgent Korean economy - which is expected to grow 3% to 6% this year after nearly collapsing during the 1997 Asian financial crisis - Samsung Electronics' worldwide revenue reached $25 billion last year...
That kind of take-no-prisoners approach is classic Bush: possibly effective in changing the political weather, certainly disturbing. Blair can accommodate himself to it. But his more emollient approach, winning hearts and minds through old-fashioned forms of persuasion, will also be crucial to building a coalition willing to act against Saddam's most dangerous weapons...
...only has the Palestinian leader managed to weather Ariel Sharon's three-month siege without fundamentally altering his own political conduct; he's also forced the Bush administration to substantially alter its own posture. While Vice President Cheney maintained the policy of keeping Arafat at arm's length during his visit to Jerusalem, Washington has offered a meeting with Cheney in Cairo next week as a carrot to induce the Palestinian leader to halt attacks on Israelis. That's a far cry from the White House's recent inclination to leave Arafat twisting in the wind...