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NAUGHTON: How does this crisis affect you as the great-grandson of Henry Ford and Harvey Firestone FORD: Personally, this has been just a horrendous period. It was very much a part of my childhood to visit my grandparents in Akron [Firestone’s former home base]. My great-grandfather founded Firestone, and my grandfather was CEO and ran the company most of his adult life. And to have my heritage so severely tarnished is extremely sad, and, frankly, it also makes me mad....

The next day, Bedder took the small, hand-held vagus nerve stimulator (VNS) and placed it on his neck. He stared at the pulse oximeter on his finger, its blinking numbers revealing a blood oxygen level of 91—quite a low number given the amount of supplemental oxygen he was receiving. He says he watched in awe as that number rose to 95 within minutes. For the first time since his diagnosis, Bedder was able to breathe....

There he goes again. Shintaro Ishihara, an ultranationalist member of the Japanese Parliament and his country’s No. 1 Americanophobe, is out with another book. His first, published in 1989, was called “The Japan That Can Say No.” It created a ruckus in Washington with brash (and exaggerated) assertions that Japan could tip the balance of power in the cold war merely by selling its technology to the Soviet Union instead of the United States....

Now Europe is following the Dutch lead and taking the green movement to the manufacturers of white goods and electronics. A spate of legislation emerging from Brussels aims ultimately to hold manufacturers responsible for the fate of their products long after they’ve left store shelves or car showrooms. They’re being told they must ensure that as much as 85 percent of their products is recycled or reused, and the remainder disposed of in environmentally sound ways....

If Nintendo considers giving The Legend of Zelda more spin-offs, then it should make at least one focusing on Impa. Throughout the Zelda franchise, from the very first game to Ocarina of Time to Breath of the Wild, different incarnations of Impa have appeared, whether she’s the wizened servant of Hyrule’s royal family or Princess Zelda’s battle-ready bodyguard. Impa has really grown as a character in recent years, and Hyrule Warriors has proven her potential as a player character....

THOMAS: What is the biggest challenge facing museums today? ROSENBERG: We need to bring people back to museums, and not only to see the “Mona Lisa.” How many people have returned to museums because they discovered their beauty and pleasure? Very few, I suspect. You cannot go to Paris without going to the Louvre. It’s a sort of obligation. I’m not sure it’s always a pleasure, either. Why is that?...

Just over 12 months ago, you’d need to search frantically within the boxing community to grasp any sort of insight on Ritson. Fighting exclusively in Northern England and Southern Scotland, levels below anything that resembled a grand promotion, Ritson paid his dues in hotel banqueting suites and public hire function rooms. He entered the ring against Lonsdale belt holder Robbie Barrett last October a somewhat stranger to the masses, but a devastating secret to those who had nurtured him from his career’s inauguration....

To help you make the most of this tool, Microsoft Project offers a variety of keyboard shortcuts you can use to speed up processes and reduce mundane work. This guide lists the most useful Microsoft Project keyboard shortcuts and explains how to use them for maximum efficiency. Microsoft Project Keyboard Shortcuts Here are some shortcuts that you may need frequently to use in Microsoft Project: 1. Open a Project File Ctrl + O: It is important to keep track of all projects that are being worked....

KATTOULAS: Is Japan’s economy recovering? SON: Japan is experiencing difficulty switching from an industrial to an information society. The United States had a very good education system for [building] an information society. As a result, Americans were more creative and aggressive embracing [it] than the Japanese. However, when you have to have a paradigm shift you rewrite all of society’s systems from old to new, and Japan is doing that now....

Conventional wisdom says that’s dumb. Supposedly, a fund’s past performance doesn’t tell you how it’s likely to fare in the future. But surprise, surprise–maybe it does. Some recent studies suggest that a hot hand persists, at least for a short period of time. In theory, you can fatten your investment returns by switching your money, every year, into the diversified funds that have recently done the best. Some caveats, before I tiptoe into this controversial thesis....

This is the land that is reflected in “A Day in the Life of Africa.” The book’s creators sent 95 of the world’s best photojournalists across the continent on Feb. 28, 2002, instructing them only to shoot what they saw. The pictures the photographers got are as kaleidoscopic as the continent itself. There’s not a lion in the bunch. Publishing proceeds will support AIDS-education programs in Africa.

Felicite is emblematic of a growing trend. Around the developed world, more and more twentysomethings are staying home with their moms and dads so they can pursue their interests instead of worrying about secure jobs that will pay off mortgages. (In France, for example, some 65 percent of people in their mid-20s are still living with their parents–double the proportion that stayed in the nest in 1975. The upside, for the children at least, is obvious: more young people feeling free to do work–both paid and volunteer–that they love....

It’s common in any sport to associate certain strokes, moves and strategies with certain players. It is no different when it comes to the game of cricket. In the present age of the aggressive helicopter shot and the switch-hit, the more delicate strokes like the leg-glance, which is the legacy of Ranjit Singhji, the original Prince of Indian cricket, could be easily forgotten. From the one-legged pull or the Nataraj(desi name) shot associated with Carribean players like Brian Lara, to the straight drive that Tendulkar is said to be a master of, the late-cut which is perceived to be Gundappa Vishwanath’s speciality to the Dil-scoops associated with T....

POWER: The Turkish government has come under fire for the way it handled the crisis. What mistakes did it make? ALATON: The government made a blunder in calling off the rescue effort too soon, about eight days after the earthquake occurred. This resulted in great frustration among the rescuers, including the families of the victims, and increased the people’s mistrust of the government. Many people were probably alive under the rubble and could still be rescued....

The routine was always the same. We’d arrive at the park full of enthusiasm–only to wither in the hot sun, waiting in line for hours to ride the featured attractions. The price of souvenirs and soft drinks would invariably set my father grumbling about “price gougers,” or worse. It all became so much more stressful than fun that one day I vowed never to return. And until recently I did not....

The FBI immediately went on red alert. “There was heightened concern that something might come out of the Yugoslavia milieu,” says a senior bureau official. Immediately after the WTC blast, the FBI zeroed in on Serbian nationalists. Within days, however, the trail led them to the Muslims who were charged. What about the Serbian radicals’ plan? The FBI received intelligence that they backed off after the WTC explosion, officials say....

Some light has been shed on the on-field banter between rival wicketkeepers with an Instagram post by the wife of Australia captain Tim Paine praising India’s young gloveman Rishabh Pant as the “Best babysitter.” Bonnie Paine’s post, and photo of Pant holding the baby, Charlie Paine, while the two teams visited the Australian prime minister’s residence on New Year’s Day has been widely shared on social media by the likes of the International Cricket Council and legendary spin bowler Shane Warne....

The curious thing, given the gassiness of such an ambition, is how close he comes to succeeding. For without a doubt, Stone is a mighty talented writer, capable of creating characters and scenes as sharp and ugly as rusty fishhooks. The trouble is, his talent and his ambition don’t match up. He wants to emulate the moral dramas of Hawthorne and Melville, when all his best instincts keep leading him into the furtive, spooky back alleys haunted by the likes of Poe....