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...billion company. By any standard, that's explosive growth. "Microsoft and Dell didn't do it that quickly," says Jan Dauman, a London-based consultant who is advising the company on how to cope with its rapid expansion. Yevgeny Chichvarkin, Euroset's ponytailed co-founder and chairman, is conscious of his success - perhaps too conscious. In a corner of his Moscow office, perched beneath a painting of a businessman fondling his half-naked secretary, is an open silver attaché case containing wads of U.S. $100 bills in packs of $10,000. It's meant as a joke, poking...
...JESUS LOVES PORN STARS on the cover of 10,000 copies of the New Testament. The group plans to hand out the Bibles at erotica conventions nationwide, starting in June. "Whether you're in the porn industry or addicted to it, we, the church, are here to help," says founder and pastor Craig Gross...
...gets mixed reviews from porn star Ron Jeremy. "Why he picks on porn, I don't know. It's consenting adults having consenting sex and being watched by consenting adults," Jeremy says. "But if people want out of the business, I'm glad Craig is there." Gross and co-founder Mike Foster, both previously youth ministers in California, attend dozens of porn shows each year to share their faith."We just want to get people's attention," says Gross. "There's an alternative...
...hoopla. But it will not be a violent event.”Indeed, the competitive spirit does not appear to be running too high. “It’s really more about getting out and enjoying a beautiful day,” says event co-founder Brett Johnson ’81-’82. “No one gets too hardcore about the polo.”“I’m sure Princeton won’t win,” says Princeton captain Agatha Herrero. “I heard...
...think educating students on time management, and also on how to ask for extensions and accommodations, is far better than trying to catch them [plagiarizing]. I would prefer that we had no examples of plagiarism and that, of course, is our goal.”And the co-founder of Harvard’s Berkman Center for Internet and Society, Jonathan L. Zittrain, wrote in an e-mail that “trying to catch [plagiarism] mechanically through websites like TurnItIn.com is demeaning to everyone involved.” “We should see plagiarism as a signal...