There was snowshoeing for the younger folks, and spectacular skiing for all. There was free booze and wine each night, courtesy of mega-corporations like Google, McKinsey, KPMG, Deloitte, and Ernst and Young. Perhaps the biggest hit: You could try driving an Audi on a sheet of ice and snow.
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Now that the 2012 Oscar nominations have been announced, the debates begin about who will come away with one of those little gold statuettes on Feb. 26. Will Jean Dujardin or Demian Bichir defeat established stars George Clooney, Brad Pitt and Gary Oldman? Will best actress come down to Meryl Streep vs. Viola Davis?
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A look at the NFL's top 40 quarterbacks; league perception is a key ingredient
GOP presidential candidate Rick Santorum?s youngest daughter, Isabella, is recovering at Children?s Hospital of Philadelphia after a bout of pneumonia forced her family to rush her to the hospital this weekend and her father to temporarily abandon the campaign trail.
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Popular generals in unpopular wars attract attention. Gen. David Petraeus has already inspired two biographical accounts of his successful leadership of the Bush troop surge in Iraq. Paula Broadwell and her collaborator, Washington Post metro editor Vernon Loeb, employ a similar format to examine his implementation of the Obama surge in Afghanistan.
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The Jan. 27 Metro article about the last day of D.C. streetcars 50 years ago [?Clang! went the trolley?] mentioned the theory about a General Motors conspiracy to convert streetcar systems into bus lines. The theory�is questionable, but that?s another story. More interesting is the tale peculiar to Washington?s Capital Transit company.
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After several years of frustrated attempts at entering India, a Starbucks tea is finally on the Hindustan horizon.
Aiming to open 50 outlets by the end of the year, Starbucks managed to slip its way into the South Asian country through a 50-50 joint venture with Tata Global Beverages, a subsidiary of India?s largest conglomerate Tata.
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Here are some questions that members of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence should ask the heads of the intelligence community when the panel meets Tuesday morning for Congress? first public assessment in 2012 of worldwide threats.
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MEMOIR
MY DYSLEXIA
By Philip Schultz Norton. 120 pp. $21.95
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It would probably come as a major shock for any middle-aged adult to find out that he has a learning disorder. But what if that man was a Pulitzer Prize-winning poet, and the disorder was dyslexia, which fundamentally affects one?s ability to process language? That is precisely what happened to Philip Schultz, a writer whose self-worth and self-understanding were rocked by the relatively late-in-life discovery.
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PRESERVATION OF public safety is among the most important duties of a governor. But two measures being championed by Virginia Gov. Robert F. McDonnell (R) would do little to tamp down violent crime and would represent a step backward in the commonwealth?s dealings with juveniles who run into trouble with the law.
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Sociologist Richard Sennett begins his new book by describing a day at his young grandson?s school in London when kids commandeered the public address system to blast song lyrics rife with the F-word. ?We hate what you do, and we hate your whole crew!? singer Lily Allen wailed over the loudspeakers. A 6-year-old girl punctuated the ensuing chaos by grinding her non-existent hips to the music, which never helps when school officials are already hyperventilating.
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For all of his working life, my dad wore a shirt with his name on the pocket. His mom died when he was a boy, and he completed only eighth grade before he had to drop out to make his own way. He could fix anything and figure out everything, though, including how to make a living and raise a big family. The jobs included running a convent laundry and the boiler room of a high school ? which put him squarely in the great tradition of the working-class, blue-collar American worker proudly scrapping his way into the middle class.
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It?s been nearly 20 years since apartheid in South Africa ended, but one political poster depicting an interracial couple has caused a furor throughout the country. The poster, which depicts a white man and a black woman in a presumably nude embrace was created by the student wing of the Democratic Alliance party?s student wing. The tag�line reads: ?In OUR future, you wouldn?t look twice.?
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Top Republican lawmakers on Sunday said they expect to forge a deal with Democrats to extend the payroll tax cut before it expires at the end of February but offered no specifics on how they would pay for it. "I'm confident that we'll be able to resolve this fairly quickly," top congressional Republican John Boehner said on ABC's "This Week" television show. Republican and Democratic lawmakers have started negotiating a deal to extend unemployment benefits and a tax break for 160 million Americans beyond February. ...
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TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran sent conflicting signals in a dispute with the West over its nuclear ambitions, vowing to stop oil exports soon to "some" countries but postponing a parliamentary debate on a proposed halt to crude sales to the European Union. The Islamic Republic declared itself optimistic about a visit by U.N. nuclear experts that began Sunday but also warned the inspectors to be "professional" or see Tehran reducing cooperation with the world body on atomic matters. ...
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What?s the Deal?
This week?s best travel bargains around the globe.
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Six Bermuda hotels are offering half off their room rates with a minimum four-night stay. With the 50 percent off Bermuda Pink Sale, discounted rates vary by property but range from $98 to $234 per night double, plus fees and taxes. Sample deal: At the Fairmont Hamilton Princess, pay $129 per night instead of the usual $258. With fees and taxes, a four-night stay for two people comes to $822. Book by Feb. 3 and stay through April 30. Info: 800-BERMUDA (237-6832), www.gotobermuda.com.
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BERLIN (Reuters) - Greece must surrender control of its budget policy to outside institutions if it cannot implement reforms attached to euro zone rescue measures, the German economy minister was quoted as saying on Sunday. Philipp Roesler became the first German cabinet member to openly endorse a proposal for Greece to surrender budget control after Reuters quoted a European source on Friday as saying Berlin wants Athens to give up budget control. ...
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The Syrian military launched an offensive to regain control of suburbs on the eastern edge of Damascus on Sunday, storming neighborhoods and clashing with groups of army defectors in fierce fighting that sent residents fleeing and killed at least 12 people, activists said.
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The Chicago Bears have hired Kansas City Chiefs director of college scouting Phil Emery as their new general manager.
Once upon a time, small ball was not Barack Obama?s game. Tuesday, it was the essence of his State of the Union address. The visionary of 2008 ? purveyor of hope and change, healer of the earth, tamer of the rising seas ? offered an hour of little things: tax-code tweaks to encourage this or that kind of behavior (manufacturing being the flavor of the day), little watchdog agencies to round up Wall Street miscreants and Chinese DVD pirates, even a presidential demand ?that all students stay in high school until they graduate or turn 18.? Under penalty of what? Jail? The self-proclaimed transformer of America is now playing truant officer?
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