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...results in the doubles bracket, on the other hand, were far more encouraging as each Crimson pairing—with the exception of the Bergman-Lingman team—was defeated by a more highly ranked opponent...
Senior Mark Riddell lost in the first round of the double-elimination singles tourney to William & Mary’s Sean Kelleher, 4-6, 7-6, 7-6, but won two matches in the consolation bracket before retiring due to a minor foot injury after dropping the first set of the fourth round to top-seeded Stephen Mitchell of Alabama...
Next I lunched with Ms. Muni Bonds. But municipals aren't great for someone in the 15% tax bracket, as I expected to be. I attended a delicious complimentary dinner, at which I met Mr. Cash-Flow Chart, who later projected how fantastically my retirement savings would grow. Unfortunately, his math was as fantastic as his chart. Mr. Financial Planner was recommended by a colleague. All I needed to hear of his financial plan was that it was a plan to relieve me of a large chunk of my finances each year in return for his services. Then, through...
...down. As air traffic grew, hotels were built at a far quicker pace than before. Asian tourism boards launched huge, well-funded publicity campaigns, and Western travel media obliged with extensive coverage. In the 1990s, as the stock-market bubble unloosened discretionary loot for workers in virtually every economic bracket, long-haul travel took off like a rocket. According to Rob Langtry, a P.R. consultant who was advising the Indonesian government at that time, "annual growth in the upper teens got to be taken for granted...
...ultra-liberal friends dismissed my interest as selling out. I could “work for the man” if I wanted, but I couldn’t complain when they made me buy them dinner. While I don’t mind jumping up a tax bracket or two for eight weeks, I’m pretty sure the interest was less about the money and more about the lifestyle. In part, I wanted to answer the same question that I was getting asked...