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Davis, who played football at Middlebury College, concedes that he could probably make more money by shipping all his production overseas. He has increased his domestic payroll by 65% since 1995, adding some 500 blue collar jobs, but the percentage of New Balance shoes assembled in the U.S. has fallen by half as Davis has ramped up production in Asia and at a plant in England to keep up with sales...
Miltenberger hails from Palm Beach County, Fla., ground zero in the 2000 recount battle. While his fellow Floridians were ceaselessly mocked four years ago for being befuddled by butterfly ballots and leaving their chads dimpled, Miltenberger sports vast political knowledge. With carefully coiffed hair and a turned-up collar, he confidently looks homeowners in the eye to ask: “Can the president count on your support next Tuesday...
...Literal punching is not recommended, except when dealing with members of the Fly. Aim for the spot right between their upturned collar and their backwards visor...
...meritocracy” thing happened, true-blueblood Ivy Leaguers have had to use sartorial means to identify one another in a crowd. You know the drill: Brooks Brothers oxford button-down, ribbon belt, tweed jacket and—for the more sporting chap—a pastel Lacoste polo, collar upturned. But wait a second—weren’t half the people in your Tuesday morning Gov class wearing the exact same thing? Welcome to campus style, 2004: Retro preppy is in, and if the morning traffic across the Yard last week didn’t prove...
...happened to muscle jobs, the solution was simple: job skills. Get some information age training and get an information age job. But today’s problem is trickier. Thanks to the communications revolution, millions of better educated, lower paid Indian and Chinese workers can compete for American white-collar jobs—our jobs. And they...