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...follow-up by Scott Shirrell—a Crimson-killer ever since he hit three home runs and drove in 14 in a game against Harvard in 2002—was the backbreaker...
...country, it seemed to reinforce our love-hate relationship with corporate America: One moment we are cogs in the system-ruined by Enron marauders and corrupt bankers; the next, we all have a chance of hitting it big and finding a supercharged Googleified rocket ship. As I drove out of the parking lot and cruised up 101 North toward San Francisco, the sun was shining brightly, the fog had lifted and it was as if the whole of Silicon Valley cried out, "We're baaaaack...
...life," Rantisi said then. "If it is by an Apache [helicopter] or by cardiac arrest, I prefer that it will be by Apache." Indeed, Shin Bet, the Israeli intelligence service, had long tracked Rantisi--he survived a rocket attack last year--and Saturday night, when he drove on a Gaza street without the usual buffering entourage of civilians, the Israelis seized the opportunity...
...Lunar New Year, China's most important holiday, the country's President took time out from running the world's next superpower, drove several hours outside Beijing and knocked unannounced at the two-room village home of peasant Lu Zhanlin. As Lu gaped in astonishment, Hu helped the family stuff dumplings and chatted for an hour about corn prices. Then he handed Lu a red envelope with $120 to buy fertilizer and left. "Hu says he'll help us grow richer, and he follows through on his promises," says Lu, who was impressed--even though "my dumplings looked nicer...
With a top-class product (new airplanes, leather seats and live TVs on board), JetBlue challenged the skeptical perception of new airlines. But Neeleman, 43, also changed the reality. His obsession with employee happiness and customer service (when the blackout in August 2003 shut down most airlines, Neeleman drove out to the tarmac to beg for fuel) has set JetBlue apart from the rest of the industry. His motto: "Bring humanity back to flying." The legacy airlines, which haven't made a dime since 2001, can't beat JetBlue, so they have started their own look-alike versions...