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...Champions is none of these books. The movie was doomed from the beginning. This ill-conceived, ill-fated and horrendously-executed adaptation of Kurt Vonnegut Jr.'s cult classic novel of the same name follows the fleeting sanity of Dwayne Hoover (Bruce Willis), the owner of a used-car dealership and the most popular guy in Midland City. The film also follows Kilgore Trout (Albert Finney), a slightly kooky science-fiction writer on his way to Midland City to attend the town's Fine Arts Festival as the guest of honor. When the divergent paths of these two strangers ultimately...
Since January, the price of oil had been dropping like a stone, from $25 to $9 per bbl. Independent oilmen like Bush were going under every day, dragging with them six of Midland's banks and its real estate, oil-services and retail industries. From the Rolls-Royce dealership on down, the whole town was getting shuttered. "I don't know, Dickey," Bush said. He was about to turn 40. He had been telling his employees that the hard times would last a few months, that they would just ride 'em out. But he let down his guard...
...manner of electric bikes and scooters thrills me (in a low-affect, let's-not-unduly-elevate-the-heart-rate kind of way). You've probably heard about the E-Bike, the brainchild of erstwhile Chrysler chairman Lee Iacocca, which went on sale (for $995 and up) at car dealerships in warm-weather states two weeks ago. I'm certain Iacocca is on to something, but even if I lived in a warm-weather state, the thought of going to a car dealership any more than necessary would appall me. And while I love my bicycle--it's easier than...
...noxious stench of gas and burning rubber envelopes the bleachers. It's late, so the crowd has thinned to a few dozen die-hard race fans and family members. The track itself is lined with billboards advertising the "Camaro Heaven" car dealership and Ten's Show Club (the "Gentleman's Club...
...several years of team leadership under my belt from running a business," Marks says. "Also, my dealership had serviced real companies with real problems--so I'd been exposed to a lot of different management styles and corporate environments...