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...president touts the economic successes of his hosts this week for audiences back home, listen carefully for the the subtext: Without Fast Track, Europe is going to be camping out in America's backyard...
...from his parents. One afternoon the tour stops at Hampton Court, a large maze outside of London, and Larry the florist is entranced. He wanders around, lost, but he has found his passion in life. Shortly after he and Dorrie return home, he plants his own maze in his backyard...
...Wellers' marriage steadily deteriorates, and one day Dorrie hires a bulldozer to destroy Larry's backyard maze. Larry leaves Dorrie and his son Ryan and "his place on the planet." Only his job and his commission to create a maze for a friend of a friend save him from utter despair. Larry's mazes gain some local notoriety, and, when offered an opportunity to work on a maze in Chicago with a prominent landscaper, Larry quits his job and moves to the States...
...cash register born. With his older brother Dan (now 40 and CEO of Hambrecht & Quist, an investment firm that specializes in technology), Case started his first business before he had fully mastered a bicycle. The venture was a variation on a classic model: converting backyard lemons to lemonade. Next the brothers started Case Enterprises, which peddled everything from seeds to watches. Case Enterprises stumbled--"I can't understand why no one wanted to buy Swiss watches from a 12-year-old and an 11-year-old," Dan jokes--but it gave the boys a feel for the joys of capitalism...
...know there is no McDonald's in your backyard, but there are McDonald's restaurants nearby in Porter Square and Central Square, and we would love to have you as our guests," the letter finished...