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...strategy that's working for Bantam Interactive is to operate under the biggies' radar. Bantam struck gold with its BA 350 player, launched in October. Sales of the $200 unit reached 10,000 through the holidays, and the company says it sells about 8,500 players a month. Bantam doesn't advertise or sell through retailers. Consumers shop on Bantam's website, bantamusa.com A skeleton crew does design and engineering in St. Louis, Mo. Flash-memory chips and circuit boards come from Taiwan and South Korea. The units are assembled and packaged in China and sent directly to customers...
...comedy a young man's game, like skateboarding or sex? Writing jokes, creating droll characters--these take ambition, ingenuity and energy, and after decades of devotion to this voracious muse, a fellow can get pooped. He still knows the rhythms (ba-da-dum or ba-da-bing) but has run out of witty variations. He's vamping, working from the Catskills version of muscle memory. His obsession is just a job; he's confecting comedy not from inspiration but from habit...
...really an overgrown toddler who still thinks the world revolves around it. Elephants know a great deal about a great many things, says Bing, but nothing about human feelings. Especially yours, the faithful retainer. So listen to the wisdom and the many jokes of Buddha Bing (ba-da-boom!), and always, always, "be two drinks behind the elephant...
...sounds a bit like disco music, but is constrained by the formulaic construction of the songs. You won’t hear much of this music if you go to a reputable club. Think Spiller, Basement Jaxx, or Eiffel 65 (“I’m blue, a-ba-di a-ba-dai”) and you’ve got Eurodance...
...year college degree. Flexibility is key: new agents must be willing to take an assignment anywhere, at any time, for at least four years. Drug tests and background checks are also required. Under the new guidelines, a law degree is enough to qualify you for consideration, as is a BA plus two years of work experience. If you're proficient in Russian, Spanish or, better yet, Pashto, you're also in luck...