• Less significant, but no less interesting, is the fact that Yang Lan, a media entrepreneur and Pan Shiyi, a property developer, are the most popular microbloggers on the list, with more than 10m followers each.

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  • The project was conceived, designed, constructed, and opened in four years, whereas the Heathrow terminal, from conception to completion, took twenty years. (That building, by Richard Rogers, is a somewhat compromised version of his original design far better than the rest of Heathrow, but much less interesting than Rogers meant it to be.) These widely divergent timetables are not a matter of Chinese efficiency versus British dallying: the British, like the Americans, pay the price of democracy.

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  • What he knew and when about Lord Ashcroft is a big question, but perhaps a less interesting one than why the normally ruthless Tory leader has tolerated this thorn in his side for so long.

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  • But more interesting, if less accessible, ideas have cropped up.

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  • This may not make it any less palatable, but it raises some interesting questions about the different tastes of different bottles.

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  • This may be less fun to watch, but it is a lot more interesting for the country's financial planners, who hope that a more efficient futures market will help to make Australia a regional financial hub.

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  • We try to look smart, witty and interesting, but the effort required to do this leaves less brain power to filter what we say and to whom.

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  • Paul Friedman, a 59-year-old dentist in New York City, says he's using Facebook less now than when he first signed on four years ago, but he's not sure if the site has "become less interesting or that I am just less interested in it, " he says.

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  • I'd search for interesting, albeit less fashionable, wines that were Pinot-like but not Pinot-priced.

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  • Inflation-protected annuities are less common than fixed annuities, and also more expensive, but they offer an interesting way to guarantee a stream of income for life that is protected against the ravages of inflation.

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  • You can still have the green, but using other types of ground covers and plants could create a much more interesting look and use less water.

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  • Equally interesting is a separate, though related, piece of news, but which has gained far less attention: the league is directing its 32 clubs to display real-time fantasy football statistics at all games during 2011 season.

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  • The Alzheimer's prevention study published in today's issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) provides interesting clues as to how Alzheimer's might be prevented in women, but its results are less than ironclad.

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