Word: getterism
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...fact, the leading vote getter, Northern Michigan’s goaltender Tuomas Tarkki, has received 14.3 times as many votes as Grumet-Morris as of 9 p.m. last night...
...sure whether it was the duplicity or the diva trips that got abrasive go-getter Omarosa Manigault-Stallworth fired from the first season of The Apprentice. But she has already proved a master at her next task-- self-promotion...
...next step won't be easy. Thomson's TV operations lost $130 million last year, and Li acknowledges that RCA is known as "the TV that old people watch." In the third quarter of this year, TCL's profits dipped 69%. Li hopes he can inject some Chinese go-getter spirit into the Thomson business. "They think 5% growth a year is great, and we think it's miserable," the CEO says. "We're used to growing at 40%." Li will need all the patience he learned feeding fish in the commune's paddies. --By Matthew Forney/Beijing
...website ad had been an attention getter. "Insha Allah," it enthused. "The New Jersey theme park, Six Flags Great Adventure, is set to be transformed as 'The Great Muslim Adventure Day' ... ENTIRE PARK FOR MUSLIMS ONLY ... Alhamdullilah [Praise be to God], tickets are selling fast!" It promised a "special dolphin show," leading into a talk by a well-known Islamic scholar, and the comic stylings of "Allah Made Me Funny: The Official Muslim Comedy Tour." Was this for real...
...Louis Yako has an impressive resume. He speaks five languages, cites passages from Arthur Miller and Ernest Hemingway, has a fine singing voice and will graduate from Baghdad University this month with high marks in English literature. In brief, he is the kind of go-getter Iraq could sorely use in the months to come, as the U.S. occupation winds down and the newly named government tries to prove that Iraq is ready to run itself...