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Business
4:18 am
Mon April 30, 2012

Eurozone Residents Strike Back At Austerity Measures

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Originally published on Mon April 30, 2012 6:52 am

Steve Inskeep talks to John Peet, Europe Editor of The Economist about eurozone economies, and the backlash against austerity measures.

Business
4:18 am
Mon April 30, 2012

The Last Word In Business

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Originally published on Mon April 30, 2012 6:42 am

The structure will open in Tokyo next month. The building is nothing but a tower of steel and concrete — no offices, no apartments.

Middle East
4:18 am
Mon April 30, 2012

Egypt Recalls Its Ambassador From Saudi Arabia

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Originally published on Mon April 30, 2012 6:03 am

Saudi Arabia is considering Egypt's request to restore diplomatic ties after the kingdom recalled its ambassador over the weekend. Relations between the two Arab countries are at their lowest point in three decades.

Author Interviews
2:37 am
Mon April 30, 2012

Caro's 'Passage of Power': LBJ's Political Genius

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Judge Thurgood Marshall (left) in discussion with President Lyndon Baines Johnson, following Marshall's appointment as a member of the Supreme Court, the first African-American to hold the post.
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Lyndon B. Johnson takes the oath of office as president of the United States after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, Nov. 22, 1963.
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Robert Caro is the recipient of two Pulitzer Prizes in biography, a National Book Award and two National Book Critics Circle awards, among other honors. He stands in front of the outline of his next book.
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Originally published on Mon April 30, 2012 9:26 am

Robert Caro writes obsessively about power. Fittingly, it's Lyndon Johnson — catapulted suddenly into the presidency "in the crack of a gunshot" — who consumes him.

The Passage of Power, the fourth volume of Caro's massive biography of Lyndon Johnson, is released this week. Caro has dedicated decades to meticulously researching Johnson's life, and the previous books in the series have been almost universally hailed as a significant achievement in American letters.

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Opinion
2:36 am
Mon April 30, 2012

Living To 100: The Story Of India's Pocket Hercules

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Centenarian Manohar Aich sits at his home in Kolkata, India. Aich stood 4 feet 11 inches at his tallest, earning him the nickname "Pocket Hercules."
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Sumon Mondol, in the foreground, works out at Mandohar Aich's traditional iron gym in Kolkata, India.
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Originally published on Mon April 30, 2012 7:39 am

A fad that has been sweeping through middle-class India might look familiar to some Americans — it's a craze for fancy gym equipment. But when commentator Sandip Roy visited India's first Mr. Universe (who is known as the "Pocket Hercules") he found that the body builder has little patience for the new trend.

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