Today, 9 January 2016

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    13 1 TODAY TODAYONLINE.COM mediacorp SATURDAY, 9 JANUARY 2016 WE SET YOU THINKING MCI(P) 021/06/2015
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    For Swedes, research and innovation are a way of life
    1801 1  -  NEO CHAI CHIN IN STOCKHOLM chaichin@mediacorp.com.sg STOCKHOLM Speaking to a group of journalists from Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, Germany and Poland, Professor Martin Ingvar of Sweden’s Karolinska Institutet declared: “People like research. We make it easy for people to participate in
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    Govt sets aside record S$19b for science and tech research
    1011 1  -  Five-year plan will develop research to address national challenges, boost growth FUNDS, WHICH REPRESENT 1% OF GDP, WILL BE USED FROM 2016-2020 NEO CHAI CHIN chaichin@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Think Singapore companies, large and small, readily using new products or technology developed
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  • hot news
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      Lock icon Asian markets look up as China ditches circuit breaker, props yuan
      725 2  -  BEIJING MAY HAVE DIFFICULTY CONTINUING CURRENCY SUPPORT, WARNS JAPAN’S FINANCE MINISTER LEE YEN NEE leeyennee@mediacorp.com.sg WITH AGENCIES SINGAPORE Shares in Singapore yesterday recouped some of the week’s earlier losses, led by the gains in Chinese stock markets after regulators
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    • Article
      Lock icon US added 292,00 jobs in Dec, capping year of steady growth
      562 2 AGENCIES WASHINGTON Job growth in the United States surged in December while the unemployment rate held steady at a seven-and-a half-year low, further evidence of a resilient labour market that prompted the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates. Non-farm
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      Lock icon Asian markets look up as China ditches circuit breakers, props yuan
      725 2 (2nd Edition)  -  BEIJING MAY HAVE DIFFICULTY CONTINUING CURRENCY SUPPORT, WARNS JAPAN’S FINANCE MINISTER LEE YEN NEE leeyennee@mediacorp.com.sg WITH AGENCIES SINGAPORE Shares in Singapore yesterday recouped some of the week’s earlier losses, led by the gains in Chinese stock markets after regulators
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    • Article
      Lock icon US added 292,000jobs in Dec, capping year of steady growth
      561 2 (2nd Edition) AGENCIES WASHINGTON Job growth in the United States surged in December while the unemployment rate held steady at a seven-and-a half-year low, further evidence of a resilient labour market that prompted the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates. Non-farm payrolls
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      Lock icon New economic era for China goes off the rails
      1492 3 Government measures aimed at bringing stability have had the opposite effect THE NEW YORK TIMES HONG KONG —When President Xi Jinping of China convened a group of top officials to discuss the economy last month, the highly publicised meeting was seen
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      Lock icon Research Innovation Enterprise 2020 plan
      443 4 In the next five years, under the sixth science and technology plan for Singapore, also known as the RIE2020 Plan, the Government has committed S$19 billion from this year to 2020 to research, innovation and enterprise to take Singapore to the next stage of development.
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      Lock icon Billions poured into research have brought value: PM
      648 5  -  Funding R&D is an investment in human talent and what developed countries do, he says NEO CHAI CHIN chaichin@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The Republic has derived value from the billions pumped into research, innovation and enterprise, said Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong yesterday as
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      Business leaders welcome R&D investment, but seek more clarity
      732 5  -  VALERIE KOH valeriekohsf@mediacorp.com.sg R&D commercialisation. ADDITIONAL REPORTING BY NEO CHAI CHIN BY NEO CHAI CHIN SINGAPORE With research and development (R&D) often put on the backburner by smaller enterprises struggling with day-to-day-operations and lacking in resources, businesses yesterday welcomed the news
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      Lock icon Staff of defunct river-taxi operator confront firm over unpaid salaries
      492 7  -  LOUISA TANG louisa@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE A dispute between Global Yellow Pages (GYP) and Leisure Empire over their now-defunct joint venture, Singapore River Explorer, has left some of their employees in the lurch over unpaid commissions and overtime pay. Yesterday, several of
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      Lock icon Staff of defunct river-taxi operator confront firm over unpaid salaries
      490 7 (2nd Edition)  -  LOUISA TANG louisa@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE A dispute between Global Yellow Pages (GYP) and Leisure Empire over their now-defunct joint venture, Singapore River Explorer, has left some of their employees in the lurch over unpaid commissions and overtime pay. Yesterday, several of
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      Lock icon US prods China on North Korea, saying soft approach has failed
      803 7 AGENCIES WASHINGTON/SEOUL —In a striking public rebuke of China, the United States Secretary of State John Kerry warned Beijing early yesterday that its effort to rein in North Korea had been a failure and that something had to change
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      Lock icon US prods China on North Korea, saying soft approach has failed
      803 7 (2nd Edition) AGENCIES WASHINGTON/SEOUL —In a striking public rebuke of China, the United States Secretary of State John Kerry warned Beijing early yesterday that its effort to rein in North Korea had been a failure and that something had to change
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  • voices
    • Article
      Slower growth will not enhance quality of life
      524 8  -  FROM CHAN WING KIN In the report “Tackling new challenges after a roller coaster year” (Jan 4) about the Government’s priorities this year, Associate Professor Alan Chong noted a view held by some: That slower growth could enhance the quality of life.
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      Lock icon Unfair for fans here to watch watered-down Madonna show
      173 8  -  FROM ELVIS CHUA HOCK THIAM I am writing regarding the Madonna concert here being given an R18 rating (“Madonna to perform in Singapore on Feb 28”; Jan 7). I am not a Madonna fan and cannot afford to attend the concert,
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    • Article
      Find permanent solution to the haze, beyond the law
      375 8  -  FROM QUEK SOO BENG There is no argument that haze pollution is antisocial, anti-green, a health hazard and should not be condoned. The writer of “Attack on profits from haze pollution better than education, labelling” (Jan 7), however, is over-optimistic to
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      14 8 •HAVEYOURSAY email your letters to voices@mediacorp.com.sg JOIN THE CONVERSATION facebook.com/todayonline READ MORE LETTERS todayonline.com/voices
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  • singapore
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      Lock icon Launch plans for ‘flying waiters’ at Timbre grounded
      438 10  -  MACHINES STILL UNDERGOING DEVELOPMENT STACEY LIM stacey lim@mediacorp.com. sg SINGAPORE Diners hoping to be served by “flying waiters” will have to wait a little longer, as plans to launch the use of aerial drones at Timbre Group’s largest restaurant venue at Gillman
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    • Article
      Some East-West Line stations to close earlier from Feb 14
      281 10 SINGAPORE —Some stations along the East-West Line (EWL) will close half-an-hour earlier from next month to facilitate the ongoing sleeper replacement exercise, said SMRT yesterday. The early closure, from Feb 14 to the end of August, will affect stations between
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    • Article
      Choa Chu Kang murder case: Accomplice gets five years’ jail
      625 11  -  He helped abduct victim, said to be his friend’s wife’s lover SIA UMINGEN siaumingen@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE When he discovered numerous romantic text messages between his wife and her colleague, Chia Kee Chen, 55, threatened to divorce her and beat the man
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      64 10 RP Open House on 7 9 Jan 2016, 10am Visit us at PARENTS’ TALK 12 13 JANUARY 2016 Is polytechnic the right choice for my child? Help with Joint Admissions Exercise Application The most up-to-date information on Polytechnic Education Course counselling Facility tours and more! TIME 7:30pm 9pm VENUE W2
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      325 11 Beaute Hub AN ASME-EIANHE ZAOBAO AWARD Sinsapore Prestige Brand Award 15 Winner, SPBA Established Brands I N ASME-LIANHE ZAOBAO AWARD Singapore Prestige Brand Award 13 Winner, SPBA Promising Brands w L c/ai i Trial Price A p) (p. Hub=— Duration 60 mins (Total Worth $700) Trial Price > < Duration
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  • world
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      Lock icon Hanoi issues another rebuke to Beijing after S China Sea flights
      465 12 LANDINGS IN THE AREA THREATEN PEACE, SAYS FOREIGN MINISTRY AGENCIES H A N O I/ WA S H I N GTO N Vietnam has issued its second rebuke in a week to Beijing, accusing its northern neighbour of “threatening
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      Lock icon Mainland investors rush to buy Taiwan tech stock ahead of elections
      497 12 AGENCIES TAIPEI In the weeks ahead of Taiwan’s elections, a state-backed Chinese technology conglomerate launched a nearly US$3 billion (S$4.3 billion) cross-strait investment grab, sparking fears Beijing was using its economic clout to influence the island as it looks
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      Lock icon U.S. SUBMARINE ARRIVES IN SUBIC BAY
      270 12 AGENCIES A United States nuclear submarine has arrived at Subic Bay in the Philippines earlier this week as part of its deployment in the Indo-Asia Pacific region the third time an American submarine has arrived in the country in the past five months as
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      Lock icon Saudis will not allow war with Iran, says Defence Minister
      596 13 Deputy Crown Prince defends military intervention in Yemen says conflict will not escalate TENSIONS INTENSIFY AFTER EXECUTIONS THE NEW YORK TIMES RIYADH The Defence Minister of Saudi Arabia defended his country’s military operations in Yemen and said he did not
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      Lock icon Najib calls GST introduction a lifesaver for the economy
      438 13 AGENCIES KUALA LUMPUR —Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak once again defended the implementation of the goods and services tax (GST) introduced by his administration in April last year, saying that it saved Malaysia at a time the country is facing a
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  • business
    • Article
      Partnership agreements signed between S’pore and Chinese entities
      470 14  -  HIGH-LEVEL MEETING BETWEEN THE REPUBLIC AND CHONGQING A SUCCESS ANGELA TENG angelateng@mediacorp.com.sg CHONGQING A batch of partnership agreements were signed in Chongqing yesterday between various Singapore and Chinese private sector entities and government bodies on the sidelines of the first high-level meeting
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      Lock icon NOL bondholders burnt as Temasek connection loosens
      603 14 BLOOMBERG SINGAPORE Neptune Orient Lines (NOL) bondholders are paying the price for betting they could count on Singapore state backing after a junkrated French company agreed to take over the shipping firm. Since Singapore investment company Temasek Holdings said last month it would
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      Lock icon Can US remain an island of stability in the global economy?
      671 15 THE NEWYORK TIMES NEW YORK —The Chinese stock market is plummeting so fast that the authorities there keep shutting it down. North Korea set off a bomb in a nuclear test. Two of the Middle East’s great powers, Saudi
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  • sports
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      Lock icon CALL FOR PARA ATHLETES TO JOIN S’PORE SPORTS AWARDS
      721 16  -  Inclusion of para athletes in the annual awards would give them greater recognition SHARING THE STAGE WITH ABLE-BODIED ATHLETES A SIGN OF EQUALITY LOW LIN FHOONG linfhoong@mediacorp.com.sg the SDSC.” ADDITIONAL REPORTING BY ADELENEWONG SINGAPORE —From footballer Khairul Anwar’s spectacular longrange goals
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    • Article
      Lock icon JOB ON THE LINE, VAN GAAL WHEELS OUT THE BIG GUNS
      390 17 FA Cup is Man United’s best chance of winning silverware this season THE DAILYTELEGRAPH LONDON Louis van Gaal is set to wheel out his big guns in a bid to avoid a potentially damaging FA Cup upset against Sheffield
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      Lock icon WHY ARE LIVERPOOL SO HAMSTRUNG BY INJURIES?
      651 17  -  MICHAEL DAVISON sports@mediacorp.com.sg THE DAILY TELEGRAPH LONDON —Liverpool management and owners might be scratching their heads and pointing fingers as to why Jurgen Klopp’s squad are hamstrung by a raft of soft-tis-sue injuries, but they must accept the simple fact that this is
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      Lock icon NEW YEAR, NEW BOOST FOR SOH
      449 18  -  Marathoner clinches five-figure sponsorship deal for his race to Rio LOW LIN FHOONG linfhoong@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —The year has only just begun, and already marathoner Soh Rui Yong is kicking off 2016 on a high note. The 24-year-old’s quest to qualify for the Rio de
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    • Article
      COACH SAYS PENNANT NEEDS LONGER TRIAL AT STAGS
      168 18  -  AMANPREET SINGH S ING A PORE —Tampines Rovers coach V Sundramoorthy said he is hoping to extend Jermaine Pennant’s trial at the S League club beyond the one week planned. Speaking after yesterday’s training session at the Jurong West Stadium, Sundramoorthy said
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      28 19 SATURDAY, 9 JANUARY 2016 NAME GAME DO NOT CALL TONG BING YU ‘CHRIS’ > 21 HOT WHEELS 10 CARS THAT SHOULD BE ON YOUR SHOPPING LIST >22 PHOTO: ISTOCK
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  • TODAY
    • culture & lifestyle
      • Article, Illustration
        Lock icon SHOW ME TH E MON EY – PLEASE?
        1715 20  - SHOW ME TH E MON EY PLEASE? HOW ARTS GROUPS TACKLE THE TRICKY ISSUE OF FUNDRAISING IN SINGAPORE MAYO MARTIN mayo@mediacorp.com.sg It is never easy putting up a theatre or dance production, much less keeping a company going. Especially if you’re a fledgling group trying to get a foothold in
        PHOTOS: DING YI MUSIC COMPANY; JOHNNY JON JON  -  1,715 words
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        STATE OF THE ARTS
        117 21  -  MAYO MARTIN SINGAPORE —News of Madonna’s concert and the availability of Netflix might have been the biggest entertainment news this week, but the arts scene was relatively quiet as it gears up for the year’s opening arts salvo next week: The M1 Singapore Fringe Festival and
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        Lock icon Un-Chris-tening Tong Bing Yu
        683 21  -  The artiste formerly known as Chris Tong would now like to be known as Tong Bing Yu ONLY A NAME MAY SEAH may@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —Shakespeare once wrote, “a rose by any other name would still smell as sweet”. That could apply to the person we used
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    • cars
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        10 WORTH WAITING FOR
        874 22  -  2016 IS ONLY A FEW DAYS OLD, BUT THE YEAR IS SHAPING UP TO BE AN EXCITING ONE FOR CARS. HERE ARE SOME RIDES TO LOOK OUT FOR THIS YEAR NEW YEAR, NEW RIDES LEOW JU-LEN todaycars@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —The local car market may be small, but
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        On a budget? Get back to basics
        627 23  -  The Suzuki Ciaz shows that you can get a lot of car on a relatively small budget LEOW JU-LEN todaycars@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Let’s say you’re young, just starting out in life, and you’re hankering for a new car. The financials might be a bit
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        Sub-S$90,000 cars
        208 23 Expensive cars are everywhere in Singapore, but cars that sell for five-figure price tags are still a rarity. Apart from the Suzuki Ciaz, these others make the cut. SUZUKI CIAZ RS ENGINE: 1,373cc in-line four, 92hp, 130Nm PERFORMANCE: 180kmh,0-100kmh 12.4 s, 5.4L/100km, 128g/km CO2 PRICE: S$90,900 with COE
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        The Singapore Motorshow returns
        213 24 SINGAPORE Whether you’re a petrolhead in search of automotive nirvana or a family looking for a new ride during this period of relatively low COE prices, you’ll want to visit the Singapore Motorshow 2016. The show will be held at Suntec Singapore, levels 3 and 4,
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        Parking perfection
        527 24  -  Meet the new local app that helps you find a parking space A SMOOTH END TO YOUR JOURNEY SIMON HULBER todaycars@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Nobody likes spending their precious time driving around a labyrinth of multi-storey car parks, searching for vacant lots that, invariably, get taken up by the car
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      206 25 14 17 JANUARY SUNTEC SINGAPORE LEVELS 3 4 WWW.MOTORSHOW.COM.SG THE MOTOR SHOW WITH MORE VROOM! Singapore’s most prestigious motoring event is back from 14 to 17 January 2016 with more VROOM! precision stunts. Catch exciting performances by your favourite Mediacorp artistes. The Singapore Motorshow 2016 buckle up for a VROOM-ing
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  • Page 26 Miscellaneous
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      1259 26 CHANNEL tellchannel5@mediacorp.com.sg CHANNEL tellchannel8@mediacorp.com.sg 6.00AM Food Chain 6.30 Just Kidding (HD) 7 .00 The Dr Oz Show IV (HD) 8.00 JML TV Home Shopping (Paid Presentation) 9.00 Wheel Of Fortune XXXI (HD) (CC) 10.00 NOT The 5 Show (HD) (PG) 11.00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show XII (HD) (PG) 11.45 Just
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      1304 27 CHANNEL tellchannel5@mediacorp.com.sg CHANNEL tellchannel8@mediacorp.com.sg 6.00AM Cradle Of Life (HD) C, M 6.30 Talking Point (HD) 7 .00 The Dr Oz Show IV (HD) 8.00 JML TV Home Shopping (Paid Presentation) 9.00 Wheel Of Fortune XXXI (HD) (CC) 10.00 America’s Supernanny II (HD) (PG) 11.00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show XII (HD)
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      323 28 ON SATURDAY 6.00AM News Plus The Best Of Body Soul With Daniel Martin 10.00 News Plus Weekend Brunch And Out About With Angela Lim And Daphne Lim NOON News Plus Sports Review Of The Week 6.00PM News Plus The Wow Club And Talking Books With Michelle Martin 7.00AM Asia Pop
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      250 28 Mediacorp’s latest online TV service offers entertainment, lifestyle, information and news across multiple devices. Log on to www.toggle.sg or download the Toggle App now. E: English C: Chinese M: Malay T: Tamil LATEST CATCH-UP TV Watch episodes on Toggle after they are shown on TV. FREE LIFE FEAR NOT (EPISODE
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  • INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY
    • ARTS, DESIGN
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        Lock icon Using Lasers to Preserve Antiquities Threatened by ISIS
        757 14  -  Saving, in digital form, ancient sites threatened by ISIS. By STEPHEN FARRELL Only the bas-relief bull and ser-pent-dragon gods were present to see the two flak-jacketed German surveyors painstakingly moving laser equipment through Iraq’s most famous archaeological site, the ruins of ancient
        PHOTOGRAPHS BY INSTITUTE FOR DIGITAL ARCHAEOLOGY  -  757 words
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        Lock icon Women Make Bold Strides As Stars of Video Games
        564 14  -  Female characters are shedding their shallow archetypes. By JUSTIN PORTER In 1987, the video game Metroid was released in the United States. It featured a masked space adventurer named Samus Aran navigating an alien planet. At the end of the game
        COMCEPT INC. & ARMATURE STUDIO  -  564 words
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        Lock icon The Times Were Hard. For the Actors, Too.
        717 13  -  Behind ‘Revenant,’ a director’s harsh quest for authenticity. By DAVID SEGAL A hellbent quest for authenticity produced some indelible on-set moments for Alejandro G. Iñárritu as he directed “The Revenant,” two-and-a-half hours of death, love and improvised surgery in the American West
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        Lock icon Wariness Over Hong Kong Museum
        567 13  -  Under Beijing’s gaze, some see a danger of self-censorship. By AMY QIN HONG KONG Across Victoria Harbor from this city’s famous skyline is a small construction zone, with mostly barren land, some temporary buildings and a sign announcing: “West Kowloon Cultural District.” This is where
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    • PERSONALITIES
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        Lock icon The Father of Self-Help Stages a Second Act
        678 12  -  WERNER ERHARD By PETER HALDEMAN By PETER HALDEMAN The silver-haired man paced the aisle in a Toronto conference room. “If you’re going to be a leader, you’re going to have to have a very loose relationship with this thing you call ‘I’
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        Lock icon A Star and Her Character, Learning Their Beauty
        708 12  -  CYNTHIA ERIVO By MICHAEL PAULSON Cynthia Erivo had no interest in playing a victim. Yes, her character is raped by the man she thinks is her father and then beaten by her husband. Yes, her children are taken. But in bringing to
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        Lock icon How Bill Gates Knitted Together a Climate Coalition
        645 11  -  By CORAL CORAL DAVENPORT, NICK WINGFIELD LE BOURGET, France When Bill Gates arrived at the Élysée Palace to meet the French president François Hollande and other officials in June, he brought a message. Mr. Gates told Mr. Hollande energy innovation needed to
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