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...company helicopter or sail his boat than work the room at a cocktail party. If you didn't have a deal to talk to him about, the conversation probably wasn't going to last long. "Dennis looked like he was always restless," says a business acquaintance. "I wonder if he was close to anybody, including his board...
...wonder. For the first time in my life, I look at this institution and ask myself how it can have done what it has done. How can it have ever have been blithe about the sexual abuse of children and minors? How could it have covered it up? How could it then have compounded the hurt by scapegoating good gay priests for the crimes of others? These questions have not gone away. And they resonate far more widely than on the question of sexual abuse. I think it's fair to say that very few people in my generation...
...India-Pakistan relations what Richard Nixon did for China and the U.S. and that only a conservative leader could cut a peace deal with an archenemy. Now he seems content to serve out his term, which ends in 2004. With Vajpayee fading in mind and spirit, many wonder who wields the real power in India. Vajpayee's shadowy right-hand man and national security adviser, Brajesh Mishra, has the Prime Minister's ear. But consensus has it that it is the hawkish Advani, 72, his B.J.P. colleague of 50 years and heir apparent, who increasingly calls the shots...
...Indeed, the port is evidence Mokhtar can compete with the world's best and win. In 2001, PTP lured Maersk?the world's largest shipping line?away from the super-efficient Port Authority of Singapore. And to show it wasn't a one-hit wonder, PTP took away another big prize, the Taiwan carrier Evergreen, earlier this year. "It isn't just about low cost," Sidek says. "You have to be up to global standards and have low cost as well. If a ship comes in and there's no pilot or the cranes break down, I'm finished. There...
...films of John Cassavetes to mind. To enjoy both auteurs you need to divest yourself of the usual expectation for their chosen medium. Both use minimal plot devices as the seeds to study character and relationships in believable ways. The results are often as disorienting as life. Ever wonder why someone does something, or what, exactly is the relationship between two people? Welcome to Zaben's world. Although his two previous books were more confusing than revelatory, with "Tuesday and Thursday," Zaben has found the right balance between story arc and smart character writing. Like Cassavetes too, Zaben comes...