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...maybe not. "That doesn't leave room for changes in character. I'm quite different with my wife than [I was with] my first wife," Gilbert says. "My first wife wouldn't be able to predict very well what my current wife would experience...
...British, trying to hold together an ethnic patchwork of a colony, knew too well the perils of Burma's tribal politics. They resorted to divide-and-conquer schemes, much as the current military regime has done. Intense negotiations by the junta led to many ethnic insurgencies laying down their guns in the 1980s and '90s - and opened up a vast territory for resource exploitation. But as the inequities between the Burmese majority and the tribal groups - the Arakanese, the Shan, the Kachin, the Karen, the Mon, the Wa and the Chin, to name a few - yawns ever wider, the chance...
...because the region's frequent seismic activity could trigger reservoir floods. (Two previously built dams in Kachin were rendered useless after breaking, and nearby villagers, who never received any electricity, were killed by the rush of water.) The dams, which are slated to generate seven times Burma's entire current electricity capacity, are being jointly developed by state-owned Chinese companies and a Burmese firm, Asia World, whose managing director was the target of U.S. sanctions last year. China will receive most - if not all - the generated power, leaving the Kachin people literally in the dark. The largest dam will...
Given the current unemployment rate, traditionally tailored clothing takes on a whole new allure. "Many people are out of work. They're looking for jobs, going on interviews," notes Colleen Sherin, fashion market director of Saks Fifth Avenue. "A jacket and the idea of protection and security that it brings can really give a woman confidence...
...March to executives and traders at AIG's Financial Products subsidiary (also known as AIG FP, or the people who tried to bankrupt the world) is an "outrage," President Barack Obama has said. His top economic adviser, Larry Summers, called the AIG saga the "most outrageous" of the current financial crisis. "It's an outrageous situation," agreed Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell. His House counterpart, John Boehner, said the Obama Administration's handling of the AIG mess was "outrageous." Senate Banking Committee chairman Chris Dodd claimed to have warned Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner that the bonuses would be met "with...