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...they do it in their own down-to-earth way. Li Dongju's husband Zhang Zhanzha, 45, was elected vice chairman of the village committee last year on the strength of the family's commercial success. He did not need to campaign. The farmers here have no use for bluster or bombast. "It is not the Chinese way to brag about 'how great I am,'" says Li Xiumin. What villagers respect and what they vote for is practical achievement. "If there is no proof you can do things, the voters think you are just an empty talker, and you will...
Irritating though such glib sentiments might be to a vanquished rival--and there are many in Silicon Valley who would just love to see something nasty happen to Microsoft and Intel, if only for the change of pace--such bluster hardly constitutes proof of illegal behavior. "I don't think there's any question that the suit is a negotiating ploy," says Mercury Research analyst Mike Feibus. The current industry wisdom is that Digital's aim is to gain an out-of-court settlement that would give it a foothold in Intel's fortunes--either a cross-licensing agreement granting...
...billion leveraged buyout of the company. Only later did McCarroll meet Lewis' wife (and now widow) Loida, whose successful turnaround of the company is the subject of this week's story. "She's just as smart, savvy and shrewd as the next guy, but without all the macho and bluster," says McCarroll, who has covered his share of corporate movers and shakers, including Bill Gates, Michael Milken and Donald Trump. "I can see how her adversaries often make the mistake of underestimating...
...Manny & Lo," which tells the story of two orphaned sisters on the run, this fact becomes harder and harder to ignore, as the film is buffeted about by the tired-eyed wonder of the younger and the stilted bluster of the elder. Apart from a consistently hilarious deadpan performance by Mary Kay Place, the story remains dreamy and quirky, but, almost too faithful to its vagabond kiddie heroes, a little grating and puzzling...
...been avoiding comment on the stuffed-gopher museum in Torrington, Alberta. At first I tried to cover up my silence with a little bluster. "When presidential candidates start talking about the long-term effects of unchecked entitlement programs," I said to my wife, "I'll start talking about the stuffed-gopher museum in Torrington, Alberta...