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...many, for whom jobs are no longer plentiful or secure. Japan, a country that prides itself on social harmony, homogeneity and an equitable distribution of wealth, is bifurcating along geographic and social lines into camps of permanent winners and perpetual losers?the former a highly educated and trained core of ?lite employees and entrepreneurs working for internationally competitive companies, the latter an increasingly marginalized yet growing sector of society comprising primarily elderly rural poor and despairing urban youths like Ijiri. "In the past, people believed that the whole nation was getting wealthier, and the rich were simply the people...
...tank founded by the former President. "Local groups that are already in place, that grew up in Western Europe and can conduct surveillance for multiple bombings without arousing a great deal of suspicion--this can be an enormous problem." Right now the FBI has no evidence of any hard-core al-Qaeda operatives left in the U.S. But a senior U.S. intelligence official says American law enforcers have ramped up surveillance of what he called "possible facilitators" for terrorists. The official put the number of such "individuals of interest" at fewer than 100. Still, when FBI director Robert Mueller spoke...
...hour bargaining sessions at Gleneagles from which he secured an agreement to double aid to Africa by 2010. He did it all without putting a foot wrong--on three hours' sleep. That kind of mastery under extreme strain cannot be faked; it shows an almost ferocious resilience at his core...
...spent his adult life in Chicago, and "Gasoline Alley" is ostensibly set there, though you would never know it. It takes the form of a small town comedy, based primarily on King's memories of Tomah, Wisconsin, where he grew up. Centered on an alley of garages and a core of auto buffs, the early years of the strip now read like a priceless snapshot of America's burgeoning car culture. The central group of four friends are constantly patching tires, cleaning spark plugs and trading in their old Lizzies for newer models. One clever strip has an entire conversation...
Instead of trying to be all things to all retailers, Springs is focusing on core customers. Bowles says eight of them--including Wal-Mart, Kmart/ Sears and Target--account for about 80% of sales. That could be a risky strategy, since more retailers go directly to overseas suppliers for their store-label goods. Springs increasingly finds itself competing with its customers. Bowles is depending on good service, quick turnaround and brand power to stay in the game...