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...family code that his mother insisted he honor, one handed down all the way from Prescott, who made a fortune on Wall Street, through Dad, who struck it rich in the oil business. "My dad would talk about my grandfather's lesson," W. says, "which is that before you enter public service, you go out and make some money and take care of your family. But my grandfather believed...that if you had money, it came with an obligation to serve...
...tent, the Japanese television network NHK is pissed off at its tent city neighbors, the major news organization. Between its two trailers is a great shortcut into the convention hall, but NHK wants its preciously paid for space all to itself. So the network taped a "DO NOT ENTER" sign to a sun-withered chair. It is ignored. And so are the resulting curses from Japanese television technicians...
...Visit Pseudo.com site. Am prompted for a username (for use in the chat section) and e-mail address. Reflect on the fact that my television does not ask for a means of getting in touch with me before allowing me access to sound and audio. Enter "noneof@yourbusiness.com...
...Enter Irwin Jacobs, the Minneapolis-based financier whose takeover antics in the 1980s struck fear into the hearts of companies like ITT and Disney. Jacobs, a reformed predator, now runs Genmar Holdings, a remnant of his buccaneering days and a company whose principal business is building pleasure boats. Boatbuilding is messy, environmentally hazardous and so unpleasant a job that Genmar has a hard time getting workers to do it. Pyramid built a few test hulls for Genmar, but Kirila's system wasn't refined enough for Jacobs' engineers. "They were 90% there, and we needed 100%," says Jacobs...
...left to right and then right to left, and you plunge down the trail, which is broad and not too steep and studded with mule manure, and a hundred or so feet down, once you come around the second switchback, all the hubbub of the rim vanishes, and you enter into a magnificent silence...