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...Korean heritage has helped him tremendously at Samsung. An American citizen, Kim left Korea at age 11. But he returned with the language proficiency and enough grasp of the subtleties of Korea's tradition-bound business culture to make his direct-approach, all-American management style palatable. Samsung marketing vice president Park Seung Soo calls Kim "a kimchi-eating American," referring to Korea's fiery national dish...
...Thailand and immediately realized the difficulties. For one thing, the phenomenon of exploitative prostitution was so pervasive as to make it impossible to get a grasp on the whole thing. For the uninitiated, field research was tough...
Workplace experts are only beginning to grasp the phenomenon. "In the information age, knowledge is critical to business--and it's the employee who owns it," says Hamilton Beazley, 58, chairman of the Strategic Leadership Group, a consultancy in Arlington, Va. Beazley coined the term ghost work--now catching on around the country--to describe the additional workload taken on by surviving employees, usually without their former colleagues' trove of knowledge. "It's as if they're suddenly asked to start speaking Greek," says Beazley. "It can be totally demoralizing and can cripple the individual as well as the organization...
...Doval—who had sacked Rose on the previous play as well—blew past senior right tackle Jamil Soraino and popped the exposed football out of Rose’s grasp. It bounced from the turf straight into the hands of senior defensive end Chris Pennington, who rumbled 51 yards into the end zone for a 10-2 lead...
...allegedly claims he was raped by an aide to Prince Charles in 1989. The police have investigated but no charges have been brought. The Queen knows from experience how hard the scandal machine - fueled by money, vengeance and newspaper sales - is to switch off. Burrell seems not quite to grasp the tough neighborhood into which he has strolled. His agent says he is just a "very nice, nice man," and indeed there is an odd innocence about him. He wants to return to his flower shop, reclaim his trove of Dianiana from the police and weigh a recent offer...