Word: entrepreneurism
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...former pest-control entrepreneur says he had been contemplating a departure for months, and his struggle in last month's Republican primary helped cement his plan. He says he prayed repeatedly and even fasted, and made the final decision the day after receiving a thunderous response to a speech he gave in Washington at a War on Christians Conference on March 28. "The enemies of virtue may be on the march," he said, "but they have not won. And if we put our trust in Christ, they never will." He said the adulation convinced him he could do more good...
...matriculation to George Washington University (he is the first member of his family to attend college), his less-than-stellar record at Harvard Law School (when he failed to receive a job offer at the firms he worked for as a summer associate), and his early difficulties as an entrepreneur. (He ultimately co-founded a small phone company that became Nextel, and his personal net worth is estimated at nearly $200 million...
...Delhi entrepreneur Natasha Chaudhri chases after expensive fashion products like a big-game hunter in pursuit of wildlife pelts. Owner of three restaurants in Bombay and Goa, two lifestyle stores in Delhi and an export business, Chaudhri, 30, has the money, if not necessarily the time, to go on shopping safari, and her closet is full of trophies: Louis Vuitton, Prada and Chanel handbags; sunglasses by Bulgari and Gucci; countless designer outfits; shoes by Sergio Rossi, Tod's and Jimmy Choo. These days, she doesn't have to go overseas to indulge. Jimmy Choo, for example, just announced plans...
...tour of his home. Upstairs, he offered a frame-by-frame description of the photos reflecting his past political clout, such as a private session on the Truman Balcony with the President and First Lady Laura Bush. The first frame marks the beginning of his arc from pest-control entrepreneur to a feared and ingenious power broker. It's the front page from a local paper, the Herald-Coaster, from 1978, proclaiming, "DeLay Is House Winner." That was the Texas House; voters sent him to Washington six years later, starting him on a 21-year congressional career. During the tour...
...Tuesday, their strategy began to pay off. Duckworth, a 38-year-old former major with the Illinois National Guard who lost both legs during a grenade attack on her helicopter, appeared to have eked out a primary victory over her challenger, tech entrepreneur and two-time candidate Christine Cegelis, by garnering 44% of the vote to Cegelis's 40%. Duckworth will now face a high-stakes fall race against conservative state Sen. Peter Roskam, who himself has had big names like Vice President Dick Cheney helping him amass a war chest topping $1 million...