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Uday tried everything to repair himself. In the ruins of the palace in which he last lived are thousands of packets of sterile acupuncture needles, an assortment of Chinese herbal medicines imported from Argentina and drawers full of multivitamins and sleeping pills. In the winter of 2002, says a butler, Uday demanded that his aides bring him a woman who had just had a baby. When the mother, in her 20s, with golden-brown hair and a henna-colored skirt and matching shirt, arrived, Uday sucked her nipples for what he believed would be vitamin-rich milk...
...Wall Street, you may think you're buying a blue chip and end up holding WorldCom. That's how some advertisers felt last year when they bought traditional dramas and sitcoms and, come winter, saw them replaced by the likes of Are You Hot? Despite hits like Joe Millionaire, reality shows' ratings are unpredictable, and not everyone wants their snack chips associated with Lorenzo Lamas' laser pointer...
...variety of ways: roasted whole, braised in brown sauce or standing in for tiger flesh in the classic Dragon, Tiger and Phoenix Soup. (The dragon is snake meat, the phoenix ordinary chicken.) Some diners believe cooked civet has medicinal properties, such as a warming effect during the winter months...
...Europe like Motorola and Mitsubishi. Worldwide semiconductor sales peaked at $204 billion in 2000, according to World Semiconductor Trade Statistics (WSTS), and slipped to $141 billion last year. More than 100 chip manufacturing plants, called FABS, shut down as global demand evaporated. It has been a long cold lonely winter, but finally there are signs that the semiconductor sector may be warming up again soon. Though wary of uncertainties, companies are cautiously talking about a recovery. "The companies that are big enough and investing in research and development will continue to improve productivity, and the others will disappear," says Peter...
...address the graduating class. The petition contests his role as a public servant, citing his extensive private sector work in venture capital, and his lack of experience in the public sector. But Romney is not without public service credentials, having performed an admirable job as chair of the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, and he continues his work as governor of Massachusetts. And while his recent tenure is far from immaculate—refusing to reconsider rescinding tax rollbacks while he cuts social service spending and fails to balance the budget—he certainly could offer interesting...