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...story is told in the form of a flashback, as discussed in Berlin in 2003 by the children of two of the main characters, who, by happenstance, bump into one another while they are both vacationing in the same spot. Over the course of the novel, the plot reveals itself in many different ways: it changes narrators, follows different characters, and even appears in the form of issues of The Bill Board, Ben’s school newspaper...
...threats in your foreign policy - like the recent leaks from the White House of rogue nations that could be targeted with nuclear weapons - can also complicate a doctrine. Says Hyde: "To threaten dire consequences for any country harboring terrorists is a rallying cry for the faithful, but it can bump into reality and be a lot harder to execute." "That's why it's so important that the President choose his words carefully," says Hagel. "When you talk about using nuclear weapons, that's a new dynamic that most presidents don't talk as openly about. It opens the President...
...every irresistible force, there's an immovable object. Dell may be about to bump up against his: Beijing-based Legend Computer. Legend is the runaway PC leader in China, a country that represents one of the planet's last great I.T. sales opportunities. Despite relatively low penetration rates, China's $10 billion computer market is already the third largest in the world; within a few years it is expected to move past Japan and become second only to the U.S. For computer companies, success on the mainland is becoming increasingly crucial as markets in developed countries reach saturation. Last year...
...authors had to overcome a gap of their own: Lancaster, 44, is a sage Boomer, while Stillman, 33, is a spirited Xer. "When we first worked together," Stillman says, "we would bump heads all the time. We came to realize it was really a generational clash." Stillman notes with interest that his group, the Gen Xers, is relatively small (only 46 million, compared with the Boomers' 80 million). That means companies will increasingly be vying for the younger Millennials. Watch out: Britney Spears may be coming soon to a corporate suite near...
...Overall we’re just going to look back on this as a bump in the road,” she continued. “We got it out of our system early on. Now our defense knows what we have to do to improve...