Word: yew
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...know something is wrong.? The compound is designed to be light on the ground. If the Hardys closed shop, the whole area could be back to rice paddies in three months' time. The breathtaking showroom is a cathedral of curving bamboo, designed by renowned Malaysian architect Cheong Yew Kuan. It's easy to chuckle when Hardy speaks of building replicas on the roofs of malls in the U.S., turning those wasted acres into gardens and bringing luxury retail to a whole new level?the garden level. But then you realize, he's serious. And then you start to think...
...Singapore's Downside The TIME 100 profile of Singapore's senior statesman Lee Kuan Yew [April 18] left no doubt that he has designed and developed a modern city-state that is a role model for Asian economies. There are, however, side effects to his social engineering. The new generation of this extremely orderly city has almost forgotten human values and social obligations. Young people can't even plan to get married because of the extremely high cost of living. If married, they dare not start a family, owing to the cost of bringing up a child. The university produces...
...Setting the Record Straight Superior title ? The TIME 100 profile of Singapore's Lee Kuan Yew [April 18] referred to him as "Senior Minister." Although Lee held that title from 1990 to 2004, his current position is "Minister Mentor," a post created for him in August 2004. ? In our story "A Tale of Two Churches" [April 18], we incorrectly identified Joseph Zen as "Archbishop" of Hong Kong. His title is "Bishop...
...that even though the political and economic steps of development are still being choreographed, Africa has the intellectual ability to promote the peaceful and economic fortunes of its people. Daniel A. Owujie Port Harcourt, Nigeria Singapore's Downside The Time 100 profile of Singapore's senior statesman Lee Kuan Yew [April 18] left no doubt that he has designed and developed a modern city?state that is a role model for Asian economies. Your story unambiguously described the power of this "philosopher king" in shaping Singapore's well-organized system of administration and boarding-school culture of strict conformity. There...
...think he was too nice a man, not sufficiently young and limber. He wasn't a street fighter." LEE KUAN YEW, Singapore's founding father, on former Hong Kong Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa's inability to quell widespread dissatisfaction with his administration...