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...West and East, suspect Harry of spying. His two girlfriends--Michiko, an enigmatic Japanese gamine, and Alice, the jaded wife of a British diplomat--are getting jealous of each other. Harry's archenemy, a psychotic, bisexual samurai, is stalking him with a sword. As the clock ticks down to zero, the action speeds up, blurring into a cherry-blossom-scented, sake-drenched fever dream...
...pubs from its hotels group. Shareholders will get $1.1 billion cash back, plus stock in the new companies. A Whole Lot Of Nothing NTT DoCoMo will write down its foreign investments by $4.7 billion, including $878 million in KPN, valuing its 15% stake in the Dutch mobile company at zero. spanish gales Spain's second-largest power utility, Iberdrola, agreed to pay €1 billion over four years for the wind farms owned by Gamesa. INDICATORS Pensions Without Borders Pan-European pensions moved closer to reality as the European Court of Justice ruled that Rolf Danner, who lives in Finland...
...Rhode Islander: "It looks like a freshman design project; all its bits and pieces make no impact." A Californian winced at perceiving a certain countercultural element: "You should be ashamed of portraying the biggest tragedy in American history as a feel-good 1960s Woodstock party." But closer to ground zero, a New Jersey librarian welcomed Rauschenberg's gentle memorial: "I saw so many horrible pictures last September and will probably see many more. Thank you for not putting on your cover a horrific picture of the Twin Towers burning or collapsing...
John Cloud's article on Genelle Guzman-McMillan, the last person found alive in the debris of ground zero, was a beautiful story of survival in every sense [11 LIVES, THE SURVIVOR, Sept. 9]. The description of Genelle's new faith in God touched my mind, heart and soul. None of us know all the answers, but there is a definite purpose for our being here. We must continue to give God thanks for our life, strength, peace of mind and the ability to be steadfast and persevere. God is a good God. SHARON SMITH London...
...both dangerously low. Yet central banks continue to base their policies on avoiding high inflation. They may be waking up to the risk. The Fed's own analysts say banks must slash rates early, providing stimulus before deflation sets in; Japan's mistake wasn't cutting rates to zero, but waiting too long to do it. Last week two Fed members uncharacteristically dissented when the bank refused to drop rates below their 30-year low of 1.75%. But further cuts risk encouraging more debt and wasting the Fed's ammunition. Still, some see these worries as tilting at windmills...