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One of the biggest changes is to be found in Bursa, a 90-minute boat ride from Istanbul across the Marmara Sea. Just outside the old town is a sprawling Renault plant that dates back almost four decades. During the first years of its operation, the factory produced small cars...
That's little consolation to Ümit Boyner. The Boyner family's retailing business includes many of the world's top brands, from high-end names such as Prada and Bottega Veneta to more affordable ones like Benetton. Along with their competitors, the Boyners have been on a roll. New...
Boredom seems to be the most likely answer, plus a growing grass-roots resentment of elitist politicians who govern by focus groups rather than personal convictions. Says Steven Schier, chairman of the political-science department at Minnesota's Carleton College, of Ventura: "He's charismatic, he's warm, he's...
At first blush, straightforward and honest seem odd terms, even for a campaign manager, to apply to someone who made his name in the phantasmagorically staged world of pro wrestling and then parlayed his fame into roles in Hollywood action films, including Predator, The Running Man and Batman & Robin. Plus...
Ventura entered Minnesota politics in 1990 when he ran for mayor of Brooklyn Park, a Minneapolis suburb, and won, causing a nervous frisson in the state's political establishment. Here was a guy who had campaigned on a Harley. Still, how much harm could this outsider do? He had been...