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Matching his woven knee-length gown with Nike sneakers and wraparound shades, Tempa was the picture of Bhutanese cool. "I prefer a T shirt and jeans," he said as he met us at Paro airport. "But the King says we have to wear traditional dress until 8 o'clock." As we drove to the capital Thimphu, it became clearer from his conversation?the latest Hollywood releases, Prince Charles, Britney?that a quarter century after opening its borders to the outside world, Bhutan is losing some of its splendid isolation. But while satellite TV may be superseding story-telling, and Internet...
...tour (tailored to the individual) run by a local travel company and priced at a deliberately prohibitive $200 per person per day, including hotels, food and internal transport. Some may also feel the King's insistence on national dress?great belted coats (gho) for men and wraparound cloths (kira) for women?can give a feeling of a living pantomime. But with so few tourists to see it, this is not a show put on for outsiders. And a quick look at the alternative, Kathmandu's overrun backpacker center Thamel in neighboring Nepal, only proves that the King has a point...
...currently available models of defined-contribution plans aren't so Darwinian. Most give employees some kind of tax-free personal health account so they can manage their health-care dollars, along with a wraparound, high-deductible insurance policy for catastrophic and other care. Companies still negotiate rates and discounts on behalf of their entire work force. But because many of the most onerous restrictions of managed care--from pre-certifications and referrals to utilization review--are eliminated, the new plans hope to attract much bigger networks of physicians. Definity Health, for instance, has signed up renowned, choosy providers like...
...style of the frames can be as important as the lenses, and the trick here is to protect your eyes not only from direct light but also from the light that strikes at different angles, whether from above or the sides. Wraparound frames that fit snugly against your face are most effective at closing off these open spaces. Even those large Jackie O frames that have come back into style are a good choice because they cover all of the eye socket and surrounding areas...
Sitting behind the wheel of his Lincoln, wearing wraparound shades and a deep melanoma scar on his face, John McCain looks like a B-movie hitman. As a matter of fact, he is trying to kill something: Washington's seamy money culture. The Arizona Senator has just finished an event with a 1,500-lb. pig named Rootie, his accomplice in an annual unveiling of the pork hidden in the federal budget. Now he is tearing the wrong way up a one-way drive into the Capitol for a press conference with conservative Blue Dog Democrats supporting his effort...