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...standard attire is black T shirt, jeans and sneakers (and white lab coats for special occasions). They are at once playful--they used to take part in the regular roller-hockey games in the Google parking lot--and solemnly idealistic, as when discussing Google's new $1 billion philanthropic arm. Brin and Page are products of Montessori schools and credit the system with developing their individuality and entrepreneurship. They're often accused of being arrogant, but to the extent that they are, it may not be egotism as much as an insistence on doing things their way. (The pair sometimes...
...latest allegations, however, may prove to be the most damaging of all. They focus on the sale by Thaksin's family of their controlling stake in telecoms conglomerate Shin Corp. for $1.87 billion. The stake is being sold to a group led by the Singapore government's investment arm, Temasek Holdings. Thai regulators probed the deal for any violations, including possible insider trading. On the eve of the sale, Thaksin's son and daughter bought an 11% stake in Shin from an offshore company called Ample Rich for one baht (2.5 cents) a share, then sold to the Temasek...
young indigenous people in remote communities often fall into boredom or worse. I broke my arm when I was about 18 and spent 11 months off work. Before long I was smoking marijuana, sleeping in till midday and couldn't be bothered shaving. I understand how you can get caught in that. And often your role models are in the same situation, and people who work are seen as the weirdos...
Braddock has had a year to live with his injuries and his new leg, which now sports a huge State of Washington seal. He calls the ugly seam where doctors sewed up his arm "my favorite scar." His right ankle, the one he was born with, gives him more problems than his prosthetic ankle. "I could take my shoe off to show you," he offers, "but it takes an act of God to get it back on." Then, while people around us are getting barbecue sauce all over their faces, he relives Jan. 13, 2005, the night...
...116th Cavalry, deviated ever so slightly from the tracks of the one in front, he says, setting off an antitank mine. The blast blew through the engine block with such force that the armor plating jury-rigged to the floor shattered his ankles instantly. Shrapnel sliced into his left arm, cutting an artery. He would have bled to death right there if three fellow soldiers hadn't rushed him to the field operating room in a record 13 minutes. Military doctors--astonished Braddock had survived--pulled a blood vessel out of his right thigh to repair his bleeding left arm...