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Title Section12 2012-03-25 1 TODAY on Sunday INCORPORATING INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY March 25, 2012 www.todayonline.com MICA(P) 072/02/201212 words
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Advertisement36 2012-03-25 1 HAMILTON’S TOO HOT sports 19 Are S’poreans that hard to handle? Today REPORTERS GET ON THE FRONTLINE OF THE SERVICE INDUSTRY TO FIND OUT sunday special 2-4 TURN OVER FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY36 words
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Article, Illustration1309 2012-03-25 2 cheow xin yi - Much fuss has been made over the shortfalls of frontline service here but how tough is it dealing with the demanding Singapore customer? Cheow Xin Yi steps into the shoes of healthcare staff, while Sumita Sreedharan becomes an SMRT service ambassador Sunday special cheow xin yiPHOTOS BY OOI BOON KEONG - 1,309 words
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Article, Illustration1018 2012-03-25 4 SUMITA SREEDHARAN - SUMITA SREEDHARAN AS A regular train commuter previously, I have first-hand experience of how ungracious passengers can be in the morning rush. So I braced myself for a rough time perhaps a few scoldings, lots of being pushed around as I reported early on Tuesday morningPHOTOS BY OOI BOON KEONG - 1,018 words
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Article, Illustration1448 2012-03-25 6 Julian Pe saudtried sever l jobs and travelled the world before settling down at Google. Its South-east Asia managing director tells Lin Yanqin why it’s a company like no other the perspectives He had only been at Google for a couple of months as the headPHOTOS BY DON WONG - 1,448 words
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Advertisement49 2012-03-25 7 What Mr Persaud had at Brasserie Les Saveurs Executive Set Lunch Soupe de tomates roties epicee Spicy roasted tomato soup, olives and tomato tartar with basil Vivaveau en piperade Oven-baked red snapper, confit of capsicum, parma ham and herbs coulis Salade de Fruits Fruit salad with lime sorbet S$3849 words
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Article, Illustration853 2012-03-25 8 lee seow ser - parenttoparent lee seow ser todayonsunday@mediacorp.com.sg Lee Seow Ser is a mother of two young boys. Iwas quite intrigued by two rather contrasting experiences involving my children recently. What appeared initially to be encounters on opposite ends of the spectrum turned out, quite interestingly, notPHOTO COURTESY LEE SEOW SER - 853 words
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Advertisement198 2012-03-25 9 SINGArORt MANAGtMtN 1 UN VhRS Y Master of Science in INNOVATION RU A ft Vi ■mu 1 Yizhe s career in high-tech Is competitive, but so is he. His competitive spirit is found on the court, as well as in his drive at work. As an innovator, he strives to198 words
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431 2012-03-25 10 AGENCIES SEOUL United Nations secretary-general Ban Ki Moon has urged North Korea to reconsider its plan to launch a long-range rocket, in a statement which came as a United States envoy separately warned that the launch will be aimed towards Southeast AsiaAGENCIES - 431 words
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211 2012-03-25 11 AGENCIES High oil prices are the biggest risk to the global economy and may cause a recession, the Financial Times quoted International Energy Agency chief economist Fatih Birol as saying. Current price levels are on average higher than inAGENCIES - 211 words
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547 2012-03-25 11 AGENCIES HONG KONG Hong Kong picks its new chief executive today, in the island’s hardest fought election marred by personal scandals, public discontent over a widening wealth gap and protests for greater democracy. A 1,193-member committee of billionaires, includingAGENCIES - 547 words
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Article, Illustration375 2012-03-25 12 MONICA KOTWANI - MONICA KOTWANI monicak@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Water security cannot be taken for granted, said President Tony Tan yesterday, even as the country launched its largest World Water Day celebrations at the Marina Barrage yesterday morning. Dr Tan, who arrived by boat to a drum fanfare by pupilsPHOTOS COURTESY PUB - 375 words
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Article, Illustration386 2012-03-25 13 CHEOW XINYI - CHEOW XINYI SINGAPORE Elderly residents living in Marine Parade can soon look forward to two new programmes which will cater to their health needs. One of them, the Integrated Screening Programme, will allow residents to be screened for chronic diseases such as diabetesPHOTO BY WEE TECK HIAN - 386 words
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Article, Illustration185 2012-03-25 13 BEFORE THERE WAS ANGRY BIRDS One of Singapore’s oldest and most historic public parks, the Esplanade Park, comes alive this weekend with a nostalgic outdoor music festival that celebrates Singapore’s past. Called ‘Play It Back!’, the festival features a whimsical selection of Singaporean music and dance, food and drink, traditionalPHOTOS BY WEE TECK HIAN - 185 words
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Article, Illustration251 2012-03-25 13 CHANNEL NEWSASIA SINGAPORE Three callers to MediaCorp’s hotline have been rewarded for their contributions to news stories. Mr Mark Lee Kheng Boon walked away with the top prize of S$1,000 and a one-year Sentosa island membership. He had tipped off the newsroom aboutCHANNEL NEWSASIA - 251 words
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447 2012-03-25 13 CHEOW XINYI - CHEOW XINYI cheowxinyi@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE His “formal association” with the Eurasian Association began some 20 years ago, when he was the chief executive of Indian self-help group SINDA and was approached to collaborate on various projects and education programmes. Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office447 words
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Article, Illustration460 2012-03-25 14 AGENCIES PARIS The mother of the man accused of killing seven people in a shooting rampage in France was released late on Friday without charge, although another son remained in custody. Ms Zoulika Aziri’s 23-year-old son, Mohamed Merah, is blamed for a series ofAGENCIES; AP - 460 words
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Article, Illustration99 2012-03-25 14 A large fishing vessel swept away by the tsunami that devastated Japan last year has been spotted adrift off British Columbia in western Canada. Mr Jeff Olsson of Victoria’s Joint rescue coordination center said that an airplane contracted by the government spottedAP - 99 words
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308 2012-03-25 14 AP ALBUQUERQUE (New Mexico) Albuquerque police officers involved in a rash of fatal shootings over the past two years were paid up to US$500 (S$631) under a union programme that some have likened to a bounty system in a department with a culture that criticsAP - 308 words
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302 2012-03-25 14 REUTERS WASHINGTON Iran is providing a broad array of assistance to Syrian President Bashar Al Assad to help him suppress anti-government protests, from high-tech surveillance technology to guns and ammunition, United States and European security officials say. Tehran’s technical assistance to Mr Assad’sREUTERS - 302 words
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Article, Illustration782 2012-03-25 16 AGENCIES WASHINGTON Mr Jim Yong Kim, Mr Jose Antonio Ocampo and Ms Ngozi OkonjoIweala will be considered for president of the World Bank, the institution’s board of executive directors said in a statement yesterday. Mr Kim, the physician and Dartmouth College president, isAGENCIES; PHOTOS: AP, REUTERS - 782 words
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318 2012-03-25 16 ASSOCIATED PRESS YANGON Election authorities in Myanmar have postponed voting in three of 48 constituencies in the April 1 by-election because of what the military-backed government says are security concerns. The postponement represents the first glitch in the coming poll, the firstASSOCIATED PRESS - 318 words
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SPORTS
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Article, Illustration558 2012-03-25 17 Draw means Chelsea will struggle to qualify for a 10th Champions League season THE DAILY TELEGRAPH ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE Chelsea 0 Tottenham Hotspur 0 LONDON Tottenham Hotspur took a crucial step towards beating Chelsea to a topfour finish in the Premier League with a more-than-deservedTHE DAILY TELEGRAPH; GETTY IMAGES - 558 words
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395 2012-03-25 17 AGENCIES LONDON Arsenal strengthened their grip on third place in the Barclays Premier League with a comfortable 3-0 win over Aston Villa at Emirates Stadium last night. The Gunners made it seven straight league wins to make the most of Tottenham’s goalless drawAGENCIES - 395 words
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Article, Illustration733 2012-03-25 18 SHAMIR OSMAN - Despite Terengganu’s dominance, LionsXII head to return leg at Jalan Besar down by a solitary goal SHAMIR OSMAN shamir@mediacorp.com.sg MALAYSIA FA CUP Quarter-finals, first leg Terengganu 1 LionsXII 0 KUALA TERENGGANU They lined up in a row, all 10 of themPHOTO BY RAHMAN RADZI - 733 words
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Article, Illustration661 2012-03-25 19 IAN DE COTTA - Hamilton tops qualifying again, as McLaren lock up front row for second straight race FORMULA 1 Malaysian Grand Prix IAN DE COTTA ian@mediacorp.com.sg SEPANG For two years, Michael Schumacher has endured jibes that he was way past his Formula 1 use-by-date. The podium has eluded the German sinceGETTY IMAGES - 661 words
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337 2012-03-25 19 IAN DE COTTA - and Lotus are hot too, as fire breaks out in hospitality suite IAN DE COTTA SEPANG Fire gutted the Lotus team hospitality unit at the Sepang International Circuit (SIC) early yesterday, destroying catering equipment, media and marketing materials, and a spare helmet for 2007 champion Kimi Raikkonen. The fire started337 words
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233 2012-03-25 19 REUTERS Ferrari are having to accept their car is not competitive after another poor qualifying session ahead of the Malaysian Grand Prix. Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa will start eighth and 12th in today’s race after struggling again to get aREUTERS - 233 words
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176 2012-03-25 20 AP Russell Westbrook scored 45 points, and Kevin Durant added 40 points and 17 rebounds as the Oklahoma CityThunder overcame a career-high 51 points from Minnesota’s Kevin Love to beat the Timberwolves *****0 in double overtime on Friday (yesterday morning, Singapore time). WestbrookAP - 176 words
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Article, Illustration509 2012-03-25 20 Woods shares the lead at Bay Hill, but insists he could have done better THE NEW YORK TIMES ORLANDO (Florida) With 36 holes to play, Tiger Woods finds himself in a strange but familiar position at the Arnold Palmer Invitational. Woods shot a 7-under par 65THE NEW YORK TIMES; GETTY IMAGES - 509 words
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166 2012-03-25 22 AP Kazakhstan has called the playing of a spoof of its national anthem at an international sporting event “a scandal” and demanded an investigation. Maria Dmitrienko won a gold medal for the Central Asian nation at the Arab Shooting Championships in Kuwait,AP - 166 words
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Article, Illustration512 2012-03-25 22 Menezes accepts criticism, does not fear getting sacked AP SAO PAULO Brazil coach Mano Menezes has responded to criticism over how poorly his team have been playing, saying he, too, is unhappy about their performances. The Samba Boys have still to show consistent resultsAP; REUTERS - 512 words
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Miscellaneous432 2012-03-25 23 THYE HUA KWAN CHARITY SHOW 2012 (LIVE) Channel~8,~7pm Hosted~by~Taiwanese~host~Fang~Fang~and~ MediaCorp~artistes~Pornsak~and~Lee~Teng,~foreign~ and~local~artistes~will~be~performing~to~raise~funds~ for~the~less~privileged.~Other~stars~include~Jenny~ Tseng,~Su~Rui,~Pan~Yueyun,~Wu~Bai,~performers~ from~China’s Got Talent,~Joanne~Peh,~Michelle~Chia,~ Romeo~Tan,~Kelvin~Tan~and~Vincent~Ng. BEVERLY HILLS CHIHUAHUA Channel~5,~7pm~(TV~Premiere) A~pampered~Beverly~Hills~Chihuahua~named~Chloe~ (voiced~by~Drew~Barrymore)~finds~herself~lost~on~a~ vacation~in~Mexico.~Catch~the~adventure~of~Chloe~ as~she~relies~on~her~friends~to~help~her~back~home~ before~she~is~captured~by~a~dognapper! CHANNEL CHANNEL ~6.00AM~ Body~Beautiful~ ~6.30~ Generation~Ex ~7.00~ Food~Chain~II ~7.30~ The~Martha~Stewart~Show~VI ~8.30~ The~Dr~Oz~Show ~9.30~ The~Ellen~DeGeneres~Show~IX ~10.30~ MLG~Weekly~2012 ~11.00~ America’s~Cup~Magazine~Television~Series ~11.30~ Top~Gear~XIII ~12.30PM~ Countdown~To~London ~1.00~ America’s~Got~Talent~V432 words
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Miscellaneous21 2012-03-25 23 ON~STARHUB~CABLE~TV THE ADJUSTMENT BUREAU HBO~(StarHub~TV~Ch~601),~10pm Politician~David~Norris~meets~contemporary~ ballet~dancer~Elise~Sellas~and~falls~for~her.~ However,~mysterious~men~conspire~to~keep~the~ two~apart~and~David~learns~he~is~up~against~ the~agents~of~Fate~itself~—~the~men~of~The~ Adjustment~Bureau.~He~must~either~let~her~ go~and~accept~a~predetermined~path~or~risk~ everything~to~defy~Fate~and~be~with~her. PAINKILLER JANE MAX~(StarHub~TV~Ch~611),~10pm~ Exposed~to~a~biochemical~weapon,~a~young~ woman~recovers~to~find~she~is~now~able~to~ heal~from~any~injury~and~ends~up~becoming~ the~subject~of~military~testing.~Starring~ Emmanuelle~Vaugier~and~Tate~Donovan.21 words
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Article, Illustration920 2012-03-25 1 DAVID ALLEN - ESSAY DAVID ALLEN DavidAllenischairmanandfounderoftheDavidAllenCompany,a productivityconsultingandtrainingcompany.Heisalsotheauthor of“GettingThingsDone.” Sljc jNelu JJork Stines In the workplace, we have made exponential leaps forward in technology and support. The problem is that better overall productivity in an organization may not translate into increased productivity for an individual worker. One personSljc jNelu JJork Stines; STUART ISETT FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES - 920 words
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Article, Illustration972 2012-03-25 1 ANDREW JACOBS, PENN BULLOCK - In Chinese Push For Surveillance, An American Tie By ANDREW JACOBS, PENN BULLOCK AndrewJacobsreportedfromBeijing,andPennBullockfromNew York.NicholasConfessorecontributedreportingfromNewYork. Slje NcUi Jlork Stines Beijing AS THE CHINESE government forges ahead on a mul-tibillion-dollar effort to blanket the country with surveillance cameras, at least one American company stands to profit: Bain Capital,Slje NcUi Jlork Stines; PHOTOGRAPHS BY KEITH BEDFORD FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES; KEITH BEDFORD FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES - 972 words
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Advertisement17 2012-03-25 1 11 money BusIness Japan now reaches out to foreign firms. INTELLIGENCE: The coming Brazilian century, Page 2.17 words
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Advertisement12 2012-03-25 1 15 arts styles A keeper of art in the hills of Brazil.12 words
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WORLD TRENDS
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Article, Illustration835 2012-03-25 2 inTelligenCe/roger cohen - INTELLIGENCE/ inTelligenCe/roger cohen El)c Js'ctu JJork Stones Rio de Janeiro A European arriving on United States shores in 1950 could not mistake the fact that the mantle had passed. American power would define the rest of the 20 th century; the nation’s energy and confidence were palpable.El)c Js'ctu JJork Stones; CHRISTOPHER SIMON/AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE — GETTY IMAGES - 835 words
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Article, Illustration673 2012-03-25 2 RANDALL STROSS - By RANDALL STROSS Eljc Jfetu JJork Stones Imagine sitting down at your work keyboard, typing in your user name and starting work right away no password needed. That’s a vision that the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, part of the United States Defense Department, wants toEljc Jfetu JJork Stones; PETER DADILVA FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES - 673 words
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Article, Illustration728 2012-03-25 3 SIMON ROMERO - By SIMON ROMERO 5Jl)c JCcUt J|ork eimc‘1 Erika O’Conor andTaylor Barnes contributed reporting. RIO DE JANEIRO Gearing up for the 2016 Olympic Games to be held here, officials celebrated plans for a futuristic “Olympic Park,” replete with a waterside park and athlete villages.5Jl)c JCcUt J|ork eimc‘1; MAURICIO LIMA FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES - 728 words
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Article, Illustration627 2012-03-25 3 SHARON LaFRANIERE - By SHARON LaFRANIERE EI)cjXhu Jlork Ehncs Mia Li contributed research. BEIJING Wang Jianyi, 26, was in a huge hurry. She had been riding the bus for three hours. At each rest stop, the line outside the women’s toilet was too long for herEI)cjXhu Jlork Ehncs; SHIHO FUKADA FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES - 627 words
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Article, Illustration734 2012-03-25 4 ERIC SCHMITT, ROBERT F. WORTH - By ERIC SCHMITT, ROBERT F. WORTH Eljc Jfetu JJork ehncs Laura Kasinof contributed reporting from Sana and Aden, Yemen. WASHINGTON Iran appears to have increased its political outreach and arms shipments to Yemen’s rebels as it tries to expand itsEljc Jfetu JJork ehncs; YAHYA ARHAB/EUROPEAN PRESSPHOTO AGENCY - 734 words
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Article, Illustration559 2012-03-25 4 NICHOLAS KULISH - By NICHOLAS KULISH el)c JfcUt JJork ehncs Victor Homola contributed reporting. MESEBERG, Germany As the leader of Europe’s largest economy, the only country with the financial wherewithal to rescue indebted euro zone countries, German Chancellor Angela Merkel has found that her power andel)c JfcUt JJork ehncs; GORDON WELTERS FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES - 559 words
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Article, Illustration780 2012-03-25 6 SOMINI SENGUPTA - NEWS ANALYSIS By SOMINI SENGUPTA ®l)cJfrtu Jlork Ehncs In 1988, a Cornell University graduate student, Robert Tappan Morris, let loose a computer worm on the fledgling version of the Internet. He said it was meant to be an experiment, but the code he wrote®l)cJfrtu Jlork Ehncs; JEAN-FRANCOIS MARTIN - 780 words
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Article, Illustration580 2012-03-25 6 ANITA PATIL - LENS ANITA PATIL ®l)cJfrtu Jtjork Simcs Check the label: It’s organic, vegan, of European origin and has a carbon footprint equivalent to driving a car for 18 kilometers. No, it’s not a pear or an eggplant at the market, rather a linen jersey knit dress by the®l)cJfrtu Jtjork Simcs; FABRIZIO COSTANTINI FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES - 580 words
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Article31 2012-03-25 7 A Lens column earlier this month about introverts and extroverts misquoted the French philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre. The correct quote is “Hell is other people,” not “Hellis other people at breakfast.”31 words
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Article, Illustration570 2012-03-25 8 JACK HEALY - MOSUL JOURNAL By JACK HEALY EIkJscUt JJork Stines Omar al-Jawoshy and an Iraqi employee of The New York Times contributed reporting. MOSUL, Iraq On land where Assyrian kings once reigned, an Iraqi farmer named Araf Khalaf surveyed the scrap of earth that has nurturedEIkJscUt JJork Stines; PHOTOGRAPHS BY ADAM FERGUSON FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES - 570 words
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Article, Illustration713 2012-03-25 8 ELLEN BARRY - By ELLEN BARRY EIkJscUt JJork Stines Anastasia Sadovskaya contributed reporting. MOSCOW It is tempting, these days, to imagine that the political change that took place in Moscow this winter was a mirage. With Vladimir V. Putin’s first-round victory on the books, andEIkJscUt JJork Stines; DENIS SINYAKOV/REUTERS - 713 words
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Article, Illustration543 2012-03-25 10 EILENE ZIMMERMAN - By EILENE ZIMMERMAN el)e Jfcut Jlork Elmcs Q .Your company allows employees to bring their own portable electronic devices like phones and tablets to the office. Does that meanyou shouldfeelfree to use them whenever you see fit? A. Although these devices help keep you accessibleel)e Jfcut Jlork Elmcs - 543 words
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Article, Illustration761 2012-03-25 10 BROOKS BARNES - By BROOKS BARNES el)e JsVtu Jlork Elmcs LOS ANGELES In 1987, shortly before the release of “Ishtar,” Columbia Pictures realized the film was going to flop in catastrophic fashion. But rather than cut advertising spending to minimize the financial damage as the studio’s top marketer advisedel)e JsVtu Jlork Elmcs; WALT DISNEY PICTURES; MATT SAYLES/ASSOCIATED PRESS; LEFT, JASON MERRITT/GETTY IMAGES - 761 words
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Article, Illustration790 2012-03-25 11 HIROKO TABUCHI - By HIROKO TABUCHI EljeJChu Jlork Staves AIZU-WAKAMATSU, Japan Mayor Shohei Muroi knows it is hard to get new companies to invest in this struggling industrial city just 95 kilometers from Japan’s most notorious nuclear plant. So in September, Mr. Muroi didEljeJChu Jlork Staves; KO SASAKI FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES; Source: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development; THE NEW YORK TIMES - 790 words
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Article, Illustration599 2012-03-25 11 STEPHANIE CLIFFORD - By STEPHANIE CLIFFORD El)ciNVut Jlork Staves When Nadia Karim goes shopping, she doesn’t wait for salespeople. She saves items from apps and Web sites on her cellphone as a shopping list. And as she browses one store recently trying on Sam Edelman flats at Nordstrom sheEl)ciNVut Jlork Staves; STUART ISETT FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES - 599 words
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SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
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Article, Illustration682 2012-03-25 12 JOHN NOBLE WILFORD - By JOHN NOBLE WILFORD Elje Jtou JJork Suites Ancient Greeks had a word for the people who lived on the wild, arid Eurasian steppes stretching from the Black Sea to the border of China. They were nomads, which meant “roaming about forElje Jtou JJork Suites; Source: Institute for the Study of the Ancient World at New York University; THE NEW YORK TIMES; PHOTOGRAPHS FROM “NOMADS AND NETWORKS: THE ANCIENT ART AND CULTURE OF KAZAKHSTAN” - 682 words
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LIVING: RELATIONSHIPS
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Article, Illustration633 2012-03-25 13 ELIZABETH WEIL - By ELIZABETH WEIL SljcJscUt jlork ®tmc$ We’ve all had that horrible experience: you throw a party or invite a couple over for dinner, and they start fighting. Surely bearing witness to couples’ quarrels feels less bad to the pros? “Oh, no,” says Terry Real,SljcJscUt jlork ®tmc$ - 633 words
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Article, Illustration898 2012-03-25 13 STEVEN KURUTZ - By STEVEN KURUTZ ElKiNVlu jlork ®tmc$ If there is any doubt that we’re living in the age of the individual, a look at the housing data confirms it. For millenniums, people have huddled together, in caves, in mud huts, in houses. But these days, 1ElKiNVlu jlork ®tmc$; LEAH NASH FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES - 898 words
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Article, Illustration989 2012-03-25 14 JOHN TIERNEY - ESSAY JOHN TIERNEY el)e Jfcut Jlork Elmcs In 2006, Garth Sundem and I confronted one of the great mysteries in social science: Exactly how soon will a given celebrity marriage blow up? Drawing on Garth’s statistical expertise and my extensive survey ofel)e Jfcut Jlork Elmcs; Source: Garth Sundem; THE NEW YORK TIMES - 989 words
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498 2012-03-25 14 ALEX WILLIAMS - By ALEX WILLIAMS el)e JsVtu Jlork Elmcs When Newt Gingrich’s second wife, Marianne, jolted the Republican race with her recent claim that the American presidential hopeful had once asked for, in her words, an “open marriage,” the phrase seemed like an echo from theel)e JsVtu Jlork Elmcs - 498 words
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Article, Illustration632 2012-03-25 15 NATE CHINEN - By NATE CHINEN ElKiNVut jlork Ehncs Before flying to Los Angeles for her Grammy week duties last month, Esperanza Spalding practically batted away a question about the impact of the best new artist award on her life and career. “More attention,” was herElKiNVut jlork Ehncs; JOSHUA BRIGHT FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES - 632 words
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Article, Illustration718 2012-03-25 15 SIMON ROMERO - By SIMON ROMERO ElKiNVut jlork Ehncs Lis Horta Moriconi contributed reporting. BRUMADINHO, Brazil No wonder they call Bernardo Paz the “Emperor of Inhotim.” About 1,000 employees, including curators, botanists and concrete pourers, swarm around Inhotim, his contemporary-art complex spread over 2,000 hectares inElKiNVut jlork Ehncs; PHOTOGRAPHS BY LALO DE ALMEIDA FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES - 718 words
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Article, Illustration778 2012-03-25 16 ALASTAIR MACAULAY - ESSAY ALASTAIR MACAULAY ®1)C Jfrtu JJork Etmcs NRITYAGRAM, India A fourweek visit to India made me feel that now I have witnessed dance where it is truly central to culture. In the disciplined utopia of Nrityagram, avillage an hour’s®1)C Jfrtu JJork Etmcs; BRIANA BLASKO FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES - 778 words
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Article, Illustration514 2012-03-25 16 STEVEN LEE MYERS - By STEVEN LEE MYERS ®1)C Jtou JJork Etmcs Robert H. Lieberman arrived in Myanmar, formerly known as Burma, for the first time in December 2008. It was another dark period after the crushing of popular protests by monks the year before in the®1)C Jtou JJork Etmcs; MAGALI BRAGARD/COHEN MEDIA GROUP - 514 words
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