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...need Hanuman," he says, invoking the name of the monkey-god hero of Hindu mythology. "And Banrie is Hanuman." For Saichol, who personally designed the company's logo, staff uniforms and coffee cups, as well as every store, Banrie is the expression of an aesthetic and political vision. The national anthem plays regularly at stores, and Saichol buys coffee at premium prices to support domestic growers. Of course, you don't have to be a fervent Thai patriot to enjoy a cup of coffee at Banrie. At the end of the day, it's simply a pleasant place to relax...
...impatient or irascible, or his agenda as hurried or business-centric, his allies say, it's because New Orleans' fiscal problems--which he has said will result in layoffs of possibly 3,000 municipal workers--are so pressing. In a letter to Blanco, Nagin recently laid out his vision for a new, more prosperous New Orleans. It includes creating charter schools, loosening restrictions on the city's ability to levy taxes and passing state-income-tax exemptions for manufacturers who set up plants to process some of the 23 million tons of raw materials--such as rubber, steel and coffee...
...ahead of things sometimes," he says, "it's because to attract people back here, we have to offer them a vision for the city as soon as possible. They need to see we're serious about making this one of the most livable cities in the world, where the old monopolies won't be allowed anymore." It's certainly a bold vision, even if his detractors call it a dream. Either way, Nagin has four months to convince the Crescent City that a businessman can make it a reality...
...next dean of the Harvard Business School (HBS), according to professors at HBS and other top business schools.Clark’s abrupt departure this summer to lead Brigham Young University-Idaho left the school at a crossroads, as faculty debate the school’s guiding vision for the future.In interviews with The Crimson, HBS professors said Datar was a frontrunner for the deanship, along with six other frequently mentioned candidates, four of whom are currently working at HBS.University President Lawrence H. Summers will select the new HBS dean in consultation with a 15-member faculty advisory committee...
...literary process?If that weren’t enough, Miller directs Philip Seymour Hoffman to a haunting portrayal of the complexities of the gadfly author that should satisfy the entertainment hunger in the audience as well.The sound of stringed instruments that back the opening sequence foretell a disheartening vision of Holcomb, Kansas, closer to the world created by Capote in his “nonfiction novel,” than to the town Capote experienced. The whole movie is strangely meta. Not only are we privy to the story of a writing process, but Miller does his best to capture...