Word: spoiledness
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In "China's Me Generation," Simon Elegant wrote as if it were a wonder that for the 20-to-29-year-old élites of China, "a Nintendo Wii comes way ahead of democracy," as a Chinese publisher put it [Nov. 5]. Elegant portrayed the Chinese twentysomethings as self...
November is to baseball fans as the end of party grants is to Currier’s Ten Man: game over. Though Boston Red Sox followers have been spoiled recently—two World Series titles in four years—it is time to face reality. The seasonâ?...
The fallout from the summer's subprime mess may go beyond unwanted government attention, however. Hedge funds posted losses averaging 1.32% in August, according to HFR data, a setback that appears to have at least temporarily dented the confidence of the big banks, insurance companies and pension funds that are...
But the stars were aligned, and as the ninth inning wound down anticlimactically, I adopted a stoic attitude. The lukewarm champagne would be popped, the hoots and hollers would commence, and with the help of the relentlessly-advertised Cialis, as well as some surging testosterone from a World Series victory...
The arrival of low-cost airlines in India has made out-of-the-way locations much more accessible to foreign travelers, and the Internet has provided greater visibility without the hefty marketing budgets of the large hotel groups. They're not for everyone: "The sophisticated spoiled rich traveler may be...