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Playing is a serious business for these two. The opening of the "surprise box" at two o'clock sharp is just as important to them as any power lunch is to a businessperson. In essence, Lawrence and Joanna have learned to cope with the real world by transforming it into the make-believe...
Less government as better government, depending on who is the beneficiary, is the enlightened businessperson's perspective: progressive on social issues and conservative on fiscal matters, except where it is business that needs help (as in tariffs to fight foreign competition, bailouts for Chrysler or anyone else that big in trouble, and training programs for new employees). It will sell in Des Moines and Atlanta, although perhaps not in Detroit or Austin...
...work 90 hours a week; the average student works between 12 and 13 hours a day over a six day week. Each student is self-employed; no students are employees. No student works for Southwestern; none gets "paid" by Southwestern; none has a "boss." Each student is an independent businessperson, and pays self-employment taxes. Southwestern is a publisher, supplying products at wholesale prices to these student retail businesspeople...