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1941 Japanese attack. The retired electrician is one of four former servicemen who lived through the aerial bombing and now greet people at the historic site.
• People like hearing stories directly from the survivors, Weatherwax says. And he enjoys meeting people from around the globe -- just the other day he met visitors from New Zealand, China and Texas. He joked he wants his photograph "in every home in the world."
• "This is my reason to continue to keep going," he says. "Otherwise, it's time for me to say goodbye."
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Radiant Orchid, a hot pink-infused shade of purple, is Pantone's pick as top color of 2014
• NEW YORK (AP) -- Orchid is growing on us: A version of the purple hue is Pantone Inc.'s color of the year for 2014.
• It follows this year's pick of emerald green.
• Officially known as Radiant Orchid, the tropical shade is a color-wheel contrast to green, said Leatrice Eiseman, executive director of the Pantone Color Institute, but it's not the red that would have been a more obvious choice. "It's a little different, it's a little off the beaten path, and it's not a primary color," she explains. "It's an invitation to innovation. The purple family offers (an) opportunity to do creative things."
• And, she said, that's what pop culture wants right now. "People associate purple with creativity and originality -- and those are very valued today. We see words like that being used to describe technologies and products that are seen as innovative and with an approach you haven't tried before."
• Pantone sets color standards for commercial use by design industries.
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In Thaksin's rural heartland, millions of farmers pose a quiet threat to traditional politics
• KAMBON, Thailand (AP) -- Here, in a village where electricity is still a novelty, they'll quickly tell you who was responsible for bringing change to this long-neglected corner of Thailand.
• Thaksin Shinawatra is a former prime minister, a billionaire businessman and the brother of the current prime minister. He has lived for years in luxurious, self-imposed exile in Dubai, but is still widely seen as Thailand's most powerful politician. He is despised by his opponents among Thailand's traditional elite, who disdain him (Continued on page 23)
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