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...most remarkable thing about the Settha Palace Hotel is that it still exists. Built by the French in the 1930s, it was a mainstay of colonial Vientiane and in its heyday was managed by Frenchman Michel Theodas and his Chinese wife Yusin. Their tenure, and an era, ended in 1975 when the communists came to power, seized the property as worker housing and sent the Theodas family packing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Jewel of Vientiane | 9/17/2009 | See Source »

...With a few notable exceptions, nearly every asset class did poorly,” Mendillo wrote. “While diversification has been a mainstay and a driver of the portfolio’s return over the long-term, the benefits of diversification did not bear...

Author: By Peter F. Zhu, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Endowment, Largest in Higher Education, Plummets by 27% | 9/10/2009 | See Source »

...when toy companies completely overhaul their product lines every few years, G.I. Joe has managed to avoid another hiatus. G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra might not set any box-office records, but it's a fair bet the movie's namesake will still be a mainstay on toy-store shelves long after the movie is forgotten...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: G.I. Joe | 8/7/2009 | See Source »

...tricks is to identify who will respond best to online treatment," notes Dr. Michael Sateia, director of sleep medicine at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Psychiatric Associates in Lebanon, N.H. "Sleep medicine is still in its childhood, and for decades we have lived in a culture where pharmacological therapies have been the mainstay. But we are beginning to change that mentality." Sateia's center, for example, recently hired a nurse practitioner to offer more affordable group therapy as an alternative to individual counseling by a psychiatrist. (Read: "On the Couch Online: Does Tele-Therapy Work...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Study: Web Therapy Can Help Ease Insomnia | 6/1/2009 | See Source »

While many of this year’s innovations dealt with mainstay issues like child welfare, education, and poverty, eight of the top 50 dealt with environmental issues, which have seen a renewed interest in recent years, Kaplan said...

Author: By Emma M. Benintende, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: HKS Picks 50 Best New Ideas | 4/6/2009 | See Source »

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