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Adam Silver has helped direct the NBA's explosive growth overseas. NBA commissioner David Stern tapped the litigator and lifelong Knicks fan as a special assistant a decade ago and in 1997 named him president of NBA Entertainment. Stern eventually moved all the league's off-court businesses to Silver's unit, which now controls the league's worldwide marketing, TV and Internet operations. Since Silver became the business czar in 2000, worldwide merchandising sales have grown 67%. "Adam has overcome his status as a lawyer to understand branding," says Stern. "He's the doer...
...spite of his lifelong scars, I rarely thought of my grandfather as a veteran, even on Tuesday’s holiday. Neither did most who knew him, in part because he suppressed those scars with silence for 43 years...
...Howard, a lifelong Buddhist, says, “Buddhism is happy for people to be involved at whatever level they want...
...Singaporean foreign-service officer, I fall into the category of children raised in countries other than their own. Your readers should be aware of an organization called Global Nomads International (gni) that aims to "promote opportunities for global nomads of all ages and nationalities" and explore the lifelong impact of an internationally mobile childhood. gni has established an amazing network that global nomads can tap into for social and professional purposes. The organization also works with children, parents and schools. Contrary to what some may think, most global nomads don't adjust to moves after a week...
...place. "I wanted to give them what I call a handrail, a visual handrail." He means that he designed a comforting, symmetrical interior in cozy Douglas fir, with gentle curves that strongly recall the work of Alvar Aalto, the Finnish architect whose work is one of Gehry's lifelong inspirations. Gehry's multicolored floral-pattern upholstery is another nod to the comfort factor. A tribute to Lillian's love of flowers, those theme-park reds and blues are also an antielitist gesture that's pure Gehry...