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...earned a doctorate in 19th century German philosophy and had no business experience beyond fast-food work. How in the world did you end up as a consultant? It was all pretty much an accident. I fired off a few letters, and had the luck of finding a partner with strange ideas about who to hire. I didn't think it was very plausible, but I needed a job. (Read "Business Bucking the Recession...
...would be a victim of violence. "She was terrified," he recalls. After the Supreme Court ruling in 2007, such incidents are rare, although his parents still get upset when his political opponents make derogatory comments. Those are among the few intrusions into his otherwise ascetic life. His longtime partner recently moved to Bangkok, so he lives with his parents and grandmother in Kathmandu, spends time with his nieces and nephews, and visits his village regularly...
Tice denies involvement in any conspiracy, insisting to a Pensacola television station this week that he "never wanted any harm to come to Bud or Melanie." Still, Morgan says Tice and "three or four other people" remain "persons of interest" in the investigation. Tice, 63, a former business partner of Billings, has acknowledged that he "hated Billings" and that they had a rancorous falling out over thousands of dollars Tice owed Billings' loan company, Worldco. (Tice, in fact, has been charged with grand theft after Billings turned him in last year for allegedly writing Worldco $17,000 in bounced checks...
...grant him time off for the journey; so far, he and his boss are discussing a plan in which he would do some work remotely. DiNardo says he is in talks about sponsorship opportunities with several companies. For example, he has pitched the idea that he and his partner could wear branded T-shirts in pictures and video blogs. "Best-case scenario, we monetize a social-media enterprise," DiNardo says. "Worst-case scenario, we have the time of our lives...
...Instead, faced with one of the most heated elections in modern Japan's history, candidates from both parties are forced to get creative. In Hyogo prefecture, Tetsuzo Fuyushiba, a 73-year-old member of the New Komeito Party (the LDP's ruling coalition partner), decided to forgo his usual hairstyle - an old-school side-part - for no part. He also widened his stride, which his staff said would make him appear younger, according to local daily Kobe Shimbun. Other politicians have become more technologically savvy with QR codes on leaflets, so that younger voters can access their candidates' homepages - however...