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...flurry of Banana Republic-clad youngsters, elbows sticking out at lethal angles, and palm pilots chock full of recruitment meetings spent the last week jockeying for cog-dom in the consulting wheel. Note to certain seniors: years of consulting with your roommates on whether chartreuse clashes with magenta (and that’s just the guys) doesn’t make you a top-tier candidate. McKinsey, bring...
...selous game reserve in Southeast Tanzania is the largest in Africa. Established in 1905 and stretching over 21,000 sq. mi., it is bigger than Switzerland and chock-full of wildlife: 4,000 lions, 110,000 buffalo, 50,000 elephants. But because it is hard to access, covered with dense scrub and lacking in the spectacular vistas found in the Serengeti to the north, it draws fewer than 5,000 visitors annually--less than 1% of tourists who visit Tanzania. To pay for the upkeep of the Selous and for antipoaching patrols over its vast area, the reserve's managers...
...city chock full of big-time gamblers, Sheldon Adelson, 70, stands out for his bold bets. "Either I'm the stupidest guy around or the biggest crapshooter in town," he said before opening his $1.5 billion Venetian mega-resort in 1999, complete with canals, gondola rides and its own convention center next door. Five years later, the Venetian is one of Sin City's most profitable hotels, and Adelson has led Vegas' transformation into a business destination...
...above all, keep us entertained. Keep us awake. Be bold, be personal, be witty, be chock full of facts. I’m sure you can do it all without studying...
...press conference chock-full of furrowed brows, misquoted facts and insincere serpentine smiles, President Bush tried hard to deflect blame for everything from the Sept. 11 attacks to Iraq’s missing WMDs. This press conference, only the third of his presidency, showed Americans a chief executive trying desperately to do damage control. But unanswered questions about WMDs and shifting justifications for the Iraq war, as well as the President’s general evasiveness, undercut the moral clarity and responsibility of a man Americans once chuckled at good-naturedly. By refusing to accept the slightest blame, or answer...