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...part of the program, the fellows will travel to explore public service work firsthand...
...family-owned corner greengrocery. Each week Sy (estimated net worth: $1.4 billion), sporting his trademark Hawaiian shirt, gathers his six children at the company's warehouse-style offices near Manila's waterfront, where they oversee nearly every aspect of the business. On Saturdays family members fan out to conduct firsthand inspections of their SM malls, department stores and supermarkets. On Sundays Sy, 80, insists that the family meet yet again, either at his $2 million luxury log cabin in the lush hills outside Manila or at the family home in the swish Forbes Park district of the capital. He cooks...
...Texas Instruments has created a low-price, flat-screen alternative to the biggest plasma-TV sets with its DLP (digital light processing) rear-projection technology. "Just when you think innovation is dead, this shows you that it's very much alive," says Kevin Landis, chief investment officer for Firsthand Funds, an investment firm based in San Jose, Calif...
Moore should know; his Raiders hosted Ohio State at Starr Rink in late November and were both stymied offensively and outshot badly. Moore also saw firsthand the skill of the Buckeye’s forwards, particularly its seniors—Paul Caponigri, Scott May and Dave Stekel...
...real ramifications of America’s unwillingness to embrace different cultures firsthand runs deeper than a quick chuckle at a Woodbridge meeting—the international students club—and does more than bolster my condescending humor. I know it’s hard to believe, but the U.S. wields great power as the world’s dominant force and the remaining 6 billion of us are often affected by the decisions made by the White House...