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...nerdiest of the college nerds will be rewarded for his or her knack for facts—the winner of “Jeopardy! College Championship” will drive away in a brand-new Volvo with at least...
...candidate who came from nowhere, Bustamante has a knack for being in the right place at the right time. The grandson of Mexican immigrants, he grew up working on the farms of California's Central Valley, far from the centers of power in Los Angeles and San Francisco. He got into local politics after training to be a butcher and showed a talent for the meet-and-greet part of the trade. Whenever Senator Dianne Feinstein flew into the valley, Bustamante was there to meet her and take her to appointments. He still counts her as a powerful friend. Bustamante...
Weaver passes off some of the decisions he has made as almost simplistic ("Retail 101," he calls them). But, in fact, his strategies can be quite the opposite. The company has a knack for employing tactics that seem to fly in the face of convention...
...teens, making his first million in real estate in his 30s, launching a media empire that helped push him into the Forbes Top 50, and now, at 66, the most loved and loathed leader since World War II - this son of a salaried bank manager has shown a knack for knowing what people want. At a private ceremony last year, Berlusconi summarized his approach to a group of young men and women who had just passed the grueling civil service exam that qualified them for the Italian diplomatic corps. Instead of briefing the budding diplomats on the subtleties of international...
University officials asked Gray to chair the faculty committee investigating the case, and it was during this “time of troubles” that she discovered her knack for administration...