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Harebottle, a former management consultant whose father was a diamond cutter, says he signed on at TanzaniteOne because he "felt he would play a part in history." He boasts about running "the world's most sophisticated colored-gemstone-mining operation" and pioneering new technology like an optical sorter adapted from the recycling industry that is used to scan the shaft debris for overlooked tanzanite. Never mind that some systems underground?such as having workers hand-tie sacks of debris onto a pulley rope at 9-sec. intervals?seem straight out of The Flintstones. He's enthusiastic about the potential...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Romancing a New Stone | 3/1/2007 | See Source »

...What gave you the idea for Infernal Affairs? My father and brother are both policemen. When I was small, my father told me stories about moles inside the triads, and what happened to them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Q&A: Alan Mak | 3/1/2007 | See Source »

...waiting tables and he was managing thirteen siblings in that 18 foot Winnebago. You might be wondering where DA’s dad was during all this. That man did not know much about leadership, and we’ll keep it at that. And Peter learned from his father that it’s best to have your bowel movements in the morning because you can save on toilet paper by popping a quick handstand in the shower. You don’t see what that has to do with leadership? Well that’s just another reason...

Author: By Peter J. Martinez and D. A. Wallach, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Master and Commander | 2/28/2007 | See Source »

...office on the fourth floor of the Center for Government and International Studies is welcoming and warm, and the Haitian painting on her bookshelf is a reminder of her own heritage. Her parents immigrated from Haiti to New York City, where Gay was born. With her father working for the U.S. government, Gay spent most of her childhood abroad in places as far away as Saudi Arabia. She later attended a New Hampshire boarding school, then studied economics at Stanford. While there, she first encountered the problem of finding the data to answer the questions she thought needed answering...

Author: By Doris A. Hernandez, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Shedding Light on Black Versus White | 2/27/2007 | See Source »

...Israel's prominent archeologist Professor Amos Kloner didn't associate the crypt with the New Testament Jesus. His father, after all, was a humble carpenter who couldn't afford a luxury crypt for his family. And all were common Jewish names...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Titanic Claim: Jesus Still Dead | 2/24/2007 | See Source »

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