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Bozena Wozna UNIVERSITY LECTURER With a PhD in computer science and a specialization in computer-program troubleshooting, Bozena Wozna, 33, is the kind of person her country can ill afford to lose. She chose a teaching career in part because she believes the young science can play a vital role in stimulating Poland's new economy. But like many talented Poles, she decided three years ago that the opportunities elsewhere were too hard to pass up. She found a research job at King's College London and later taught at University College London. It was, she says, "a great adventure...
...That's precisely why Aussie Vineyards chose NASCAR as a way to break into the highly competitive U.S. wine market. With an Aussie Vineyards car and Australian driver Marcos Ambrose, the company wanted to leverage a fan base known for being fiercely brand loyal. NASCAR gave them access to large volume retailers and distributors that they were able to network with in corporate entertaining suites at tracks all over the country. The strategy paid off late last year when Aussie wines secured valuable shelf space in Kroger Company stores and a few other chains. "By exposing ourselves to the distributors...
...odds were ludicrously bad, the outcome a foregone conclusion. Most of the Greeks retreated, but the 300 Spartans, the hard core of the Greek army, chose to fight on, using the natural strategic advantage of the pass. They lasted three days--beyond all hope, beyond what should have been militarily possible--and then they died. Their refusal to surrender their freedom to the Persians inspired the rest of the Greeks, who ultimately rose up as a nation and beat back the invaders...
...times of famine, those of our ancestors who chose latkes and sour cream over hamantashen were more likely to survive and reproduce,” the potato-promoter said...
...incredulity.Shaking his head, he answers his own rhetorical question: “I mean...evidently I do.”THE AGONY OF REALITYThe relationship has made several of his peers question the authenticity of his geekiness, he says. “One criticism is that the producers chose me as, like, a plant, as someone who would be likable, who would look good after the makeover, and who maybe even would hook up with a girl,” he says. “Another thing is that I ‘tricked’ the producers...