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...information is vouchsafed about his non-jungle career or his private life. (You're about 100 mins, into Part One before Che mentions in passing that he has a wife and child back home.) Halfway through the film he has lost much of the power and poignancy you might expect of such a character, and by the end he's relinquished all our interest. After all that time spent with the revolutionary leader, the viewer still may ask, "So, who is this...
...Expect creative menus and bar options at coming weddings as more couples aim to shave their bill; after all, food and drinks usually account for the biggest chunk of costs. More than 6 in 10 wedding professionals say their clients are buying less expensive meals than in the past. "As silly as it sounds, go with the chicken," says Daniel Briones, NACE president and director of catering at the Four Seasons Philadelphia. Shelley Harrington, who married Scott Barber on May 10 in Rochester, Mich., opted for chicken with Boursin cheese in a phyllo-dough wrapping plus a fish option. Both...
...entrepreneurial leaders are not, by definition, big risk takers, just what is the relationship between a willingness to take risks and the long-term success of a business? There is a relationship, but it is not one you would expect. The evidence suggests that as entrepreneurial leaders become more successful, there is a tendency for them to become more risk averse--a concept called "loss aversion" made famous by Israeli psychologists Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky, who studied behavioral economics. Kahneman and Tversky found that people don't always behave in the rational manner that the classical economic models predict...
...spots of anti-immigrant brutality today were the furnaces of anti-apartheid rebellion two decades ago. More than one African government has pointed out that since South African rebels were then given safe harbor in neighboring countries, the millions of foreign Africans now in South Africa might reasonably expect the favor would be returned today...
Shop clerks and cafe owners in downtown said Wednesday that tourism in this otherwise enchanting and history-rich city has plummeted over the past two years. Indeed though few expect miracles, many locals said they were encouraged by Berlusconi's decision to make coming to Naples a top priority. "There isn't much confidence left in the political system in general," said a 37-year-old building contractor. "But I hope this time, they really try to do something. For every step forward we make, the north of Italy takes 10. We're always 30 years behind." Local merchants said...