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Sonora is the largest of the gold-rush sites that lured fortune seekers to California in the mid-1800s. One hundred fifty years later, the region is attracting a new breed of adventurer, seeking wealth measured by affordable housing, pleasant weather and small-town charm...
...KONG IS THE ONE OF THE LAST OF A dying breed--family owned establishments in the Square. Paul reflects, "There aren't many of us left. It's hard to keep up with the times, you have to constantly reinvent yourself. And the transition from one generation to the next is really hard." Paul is proud of the Kong's survival and is happy to have carried on the tradition his father started nearly 50 years ago. "It's nice," he says, "I have people's kids coming in here now whose parents knew my parents...You get generations...
MUST GIVE US PAWS It was dog day morning and afternoon in New York City last week, when the 123rd Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show hit town. Despite the fact that it's no walk in the park to win best of breed in the Old English Sheepdog category, twice as many entered this year as in 1998. This is what made Yoshi, co-owned by Jere Marder, the leader of the herders...
...holler at to shut up sometimes--tomorrow's musical stars. While the Ec and Gov kids are applying to How-To-Take-Over-the-World Summer Camp and the Computer Science students are hacking into FAS, industrious, inspired fingers are picking at guitars and tripping over ivory, producing a breed of fresh, original songwriters to make us proud...
...river and then limitless possibilities. In many cases the entry-level job is nothing but a means to an end, so that the most substantive difference between McKinsey and Mitchell Madison is the former has a higher percentage of acceptances to Harvard Business School. Such an atmosphere does not breed a sense of corporate community or identity but rather a paradigm of exploitation...