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| Britain's Zigzag Economy |
 WHEN Sir Mervyn King spoke
of the ‘zigzag' pattern we
could expect in 2012, he
wasn't wrong. Official data -
and private surveys - have
been all over the place lately.
But the underlying message has not
changed: The recovery is still fragile,
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| THE GULLIBLE
CENTRE |
 SO can we talk about the Paul
Ryan phenomenon? And yes, I
mean the phenomenon, not
the man.
Ryan, the chairman of the House
Budget Committee and the principal
author of the last two congressional
Republican budget proposals, isn't
especially interesting
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 | Level-headed
Hearst heiress
UNDER the storied
stone atrium of the
Hearst Building in
Midtown, a small pale
figure emerged from
the elevator the other day. Thin and
casually chic with blond hair and
young-Mariel Hemingway eyebrows,
she could have been any
glossy fashion editor in the building...
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keep passengers in tough times |  ONE of the world´s busiest
airports, Hartsfield-
Jackson in Atlanta, lies a
mere 312 meters above sea
level. Which, it turns out, is
perfect for your taste buds.
At low elevations, the 10,000 or so taste
buds in the human mouth work pretty
much as nature intended. With an assist
from the nose – the sense of smell plays a
big role in taste – the familiar quartet of
sweet, bitter, sour and salty registers as
usual. Tomato juice tastes like tomato
juice, turkey Florentine like turkey
Florentine.
But step aboard a modern airliner, and
the sense of taste loses its bearings. This
isn´t simply because much airline food is
unappetising, although that doesn´t help.
No, the bigger issue is ... | | | It was fun to play
villain: Julia Roberts |  ULIA Roberts has essayed all
kinds of roles with aplomb and
acclaim and now this versatile
actor has shown her villainous
streak in the Hollywood movie
Mirror Mirror directed by Indian origin
filmmaker Tarsem Singh. She says she had
fun playing a negative character.
"It was fun to play this villain
because there aren´t any
real rules of syntax or
reality that apply to
her. So, I could kind
of do anything and
just go off the rails
in any direction
at any time and it
would make
sense to me,"
Roberts said.
"In that regard,
it was a lot of fun.
You don´t have to
worry too much
about the reality
of, ´Would a
person really
do this?´" she
added.
Mirror Mirror, tells the tale ... | | | Bibliophile Sonam would like to
tell her story... some day |
 ACTRESS Sonam Kapoor,
who is known for her style
statements, is a voracious
reader and would like to
pen down her autobiography
some day.
"You know I think I am too young
and inexperienced and I don´t know
if I have the talent to write, but you
know everybody is narcissistic. I
would like to write about my life one
day or the other. I am an actor after
all, but I don´t know if right now I will
be able to," the 26-year-old said
while launching the book Two
Mothers And Other Stories by Khalid
Mohamed.
Known as a fashion icon, Sonam
would not touch the topic she is most
known for in her book.
"Clothes and style is just my personal
choice. It is not ... | |
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