Word: businessman
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Such pampering is what attracted Bob and Diane Mitchell, a retired Michigan businessman and teacher, respectively, to Exclusive Resorts. In 2003, after selling a family-owned manufacturing business, they paid an initial membership fee of $100,000, and for $24,000 in dues each year, they stay in any combination of more than 2,500 luxury homes for up to 60 days. With Exclusive Resorts, unlike the time-share model, if they decide to cancel their membership, 80% of their initial deposit is returned. Since the Mitchells travel most of the year, their per-day costs are often less than...
...public services to the bone. With its crippling debt, aging population and depressed job market, Yubari has come to embody many of Japan's ills. "All the problems that Yubari faces as a city are the same problems that Japan as a country faces," says Tatsuro Sasaya, a Yubari businessman. "It makes me wonder where Japan is headed...
...some listeners, Putin's complaints were eerily reminiscent of the cold war. But as I looked around the conference hall, it struck me that his target audience was not necessarily American but rather more European and Middle Eastern. Like Michael Corleone, Putin aspires to be a businessman. His Russia is an energy empire, sitting on more than a quarter of the world's proven reserves of natural gas, 17% of its coal and 6% of its oil. For geographical reasons, the U.S. is not one of Russia's main customers. But two-fifths of Germany's natural-gas imports come...
...documentary “Race to Execution.” The film focuses on two stories of African-Americans on death row. Madison Hobley was sentenced to death for an arson case that took the lives of seven people. Robert Tarver was convicted for the murder of a white businessman. According to the film’s producers, the film is meant to highlight a bias in the American legal system with respect to prosecuting and executing minorities convicted of serious crimes. “We can’t tell you to sit back and enjoy the film...
...ardor for the mahogany 7-year-old. Upon trotting back to the unsaddling yard, Silent Witness was given an emotional reception of cheers and tears. Railbirds, decked in owner Archie da Silva's green and black, waved Silent Witness flags and posters. Da Silva, a hard-headed Hong Kong businessman, wept. Trainer Tony Cruz, a Catholic, described his charge to local reporters as "a gift from...