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...What did that feel like? It must have felt like a big break, a big transition. It did. I think maybe a lot of kids do the lifestyle stuff first, like they'll drink beer. I didn't do that so much as really begin to read outside the stuff I'd been trained on. So I began to read about other religions and read philosophy and literature. When you get immersed in that as a young thinker, it tends to stretch you a little bit. (See pictures of Oktoberfest...
...busy and cheerful that I didn't have time for any of that. The very first morning, when I was still jet-lagged, she stuck her head into my old bedroom and said, "You want to help me make pie-by-the-yard? I picked up a big bag of Granny Smiths!" I found it comforting to snap back into old patterns, with my mom presiding over the kitchen in her safari apron. Trailing one's 70-year-old parents around town is an excellent and under-discussed cure for heartbreak...
...then there was the dog that wouldn't stop barking. Fitzgerald cut the interview short and said he'd have to reschedule. Did the disruption influence his decision? "Well," he says, "a big part of management is handling problems as they arise...
...stunning 47% on strong sales of iPhones and Mac computers. Investors were also cheered by the prospects that Caterpillar would deliver a bullish profit report. On Tuesday morning Caterpillar did just that, reporting earnings that were down 53% but were well ahead of analysts' expectations. (See 10 big recession surprises...
...leaders. The Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African Leadership considers democratically elected former heads of state or government who have left office in the last three years. The prize is worth $5 million over 10 years and $200,000 a year for life thereafter. By making the reward so big - it is the largest annually awarded prize in the world - Ibrahim has said he wanted to create something to encourage African leaders to do good while in power, in part because they might be rewarded in retirement. (Read "A Nobel for Honest Politicians...