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...Galley Girl: Where did you grow...
...grew up in a house with a rich storytelling tradition. I think that's a big part of my life growing up, but I'm not overeager to elaborate on it. I think the question that comes to people's minds is, "What was it like to be Stephen King's kid? What was it like to grow up in that house?" The answer is sort of that I just don't think it's that relevant to what I'm doing. I understand people's curiosity and yet, I've made a really decided effort to write...
...Although I went to public school, and my friends tended to come from working-class families, and although I worked minimum-wage jobs when I was in high school, it would be complete fabrication to say that I didn't grow up with tremendous means and a huge house. So we were different in that sense-very different. I've had a lot of advantages along the way, that is certainly true, like anybody else in this country whose family is in that top one percent...
Given what has happened, her employees fret about the company's ability to survive; 75 of them have 50 or more years on the job. "One of my biggest challenges is to motivate and reassure the employees that this company does have a future and we can grow and prosper," she says. "Everybody sees what's going on, and it's quite threatening...
With Sudan still a killing ground, a growing number of states and universities are protesting the Sudanese government's apparent complicity by divesting from companies that do business there. Acting New Jersey Governor Richard Codey said he will sign a bill passed last week doing just that, making his state the first to carry out such a tactic. Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich last month approved a similar bill, which will take effect in January and also forbids the state to place public money in banks that deal with foreign companies operating in Sudan. (It is illegal for U.S. firms...