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...little more than $100,000 in start-up capital (family and friends had also kicked in funds), the three laid out $50,000, trying to look like a big company at the National Stationery Show. The strategy netted them just $3,000 in orders. Filling those orders almost broke them. As a hedge against dealing with retailers who "could tell we were rubes and pretenders," Justin says, Despair went online, structuring Despair.com as a ruthless parody of "everything that's wrong in corporate America" and setting up a stylized version of Kersten as the embodiment of a cynical, jargon-spouting...
...Ying-jeou likes to run. As mayor of Taipei for the past four years, he's become famous for a punishing 17-hour-a-day work schedule that includes a religiously observed half-hour jog. Over the weekend, he broke the tape on an utterly triumphant political race, winning a second four-year term in the mayor's office by a landslide. The question for Taiwan: will Ma complete his term?or will he choose to run for the island's presidency...
Though Whalen was only on the floor for 24 minutes, she still tallied a game-high 25 points. The Big Ten Player of the Week created space in the paint, broke through double teams and made contested layups look easy as she led her team to victory...
Sophomore Nicole Corriero nearly broke free on the breakaway, but could not quite handle puck. She recovered and passed back, and the first line worked to get a shot on the goal. Bugden left the rebound loose in the crease, and Botterill crashed the net and lifted the puck over Bugden’s outstretched legs for the goal...
...more? She points to the media - "The more they are critical, the more the people will be too" - and to government. She believes programs like language lessons should be bolstered to help "people to feel a part of society." But Muslims have to do their bit too. Roald broke off ties with non-Muslim friends after her conversion. "I regret it," she says. "The only way for Muslims to succeed in this society is to be part of it" - her Palestinian-born husband is a local councilor in Malmö. Hopes also rest on the next generation. Roald's three...