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Yesterday, in fact, ESPN.com prominently mentioned the website of Utah basketball’s Australian center Andrew Bogut, which comes with a blog and an admittedly clever page entitled “The Melbourne Supremacy.” USC quarterback and Heisman winner Matt Leinart runs an entertaining site of his own, an effective online journal where he (or a friend of his) posts stuff like photos of Will Ferrell and Shaquille O’Neal at the Orange Bowl, and answers mailbag questions like, “Matt Leinart, you’re my favorite quarterback ever...
Given his history, one can't help wondering whether Minkow's reincarnation is a story of redemption or just another clever ploy. (Of course, there's not a lot of money in teaching FBI recruits.) A nerdy kid, the son of lower-middle-class parents in California's San Fernando Valley, Minkow says he got into scamming at the age of 16 and set up ZZZZ Best in his parents' garage so he could impress girls. "I learned that money brought respect, and it was like a narcotic," he says. "I couldn't live without it." At its peak, ZZZZ...
KAMPRAD: Our competitors have become more and more clever. Last year IKEA opened nine stores in the U.S. and Canada. I believe it is too many. For me, a store is a living thing. It must be developed all the time...
...Carey arrives in Tokyo loaded with clever theories, his earnest questions already translated into Japanese. But he meets with frustration again and again. A visit with Yoshindo Yoshihara, one of the last swordsmiths working in Tokyo, is an exercise in polite disappointment, as the master deflects and deflates all questions, making it clear that the meaning of his craft, like the ability to handle his swords, can't cross cultural borders. "We would not know the etiquette, how to sit, how to hold the scabbard or the hilt, how to slide the blade out by the back surface only...
...across the country. In recent times, improved roads and increased security have made it easier for intrepid traders to bring these rich prizes of Afghan culture to less remote markets?their warm hues and intricate tribal patterns are showing up in carpet showrooms from Sydney to San Francisco. Unfortunately, clever imitations are turning up, too. So how does a novice buyer spot the fakes? We asked two experts?third-generation carpet trader Abdul Tawab and his father, Hajji Sufi Abdul Wahid?for advice. The pair hail from Herat, the center of Afghanistan's carpet business, but moved to the Pakistani...