Word: phils
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Kobe Bryant was furious again. Waving a newspaper that held a teammate's unflattering, anonymous quote, the Los Angeles Lakers star confronted each of the other players: "Right here and right now," he said, seething, "I want to know who said this s___." No wonder Lakers coach Phil Jackson tried to hire a team psychologist to help him douse the fire ravaging his squad...
Zhang hadn't yet been born when Nike founder Phil Knight first traveled to China in 1980, before Beijing could even ship to U.S. ports; the country was just emerging from the turmoil of the Cultural Revolution. By the mid-'80s, Knight had moved much of his production to China from South Korea and Taiwan. But he saw China as more than a workshop. "There are 2 billion feet out there," former Nike executives recall his saying. "Go get them...
...commercially-proven formula of cars and surf, or maybe it was the added stress of a prolonged contract lawsuit, but Wilson’s behavior became stranger. Fearing his house was bugged, he held business meetings in his swimming pool. He suspected that he was being frightened by Phil Spector-hired “mind gangsters.” Studio musicians donned plastic fire hats while recording a section predictably called “Fire”—and he set a small blaze in the studio to create the smell of smoke. When he learned later that...
...think I would make a wonderful coach,” Norman said. “Perhaps the greatest coach of all time, even, like Phil Jackson. All I would need, then, is the greatest players of all time like...
...right choice, eliminating an unknown before it could do harm to U.S. forces. Whether the U.S. military can repeat that success across Iraq and around the globe with the forces at its disposal is less certain. And the cost of guessing wrong could be much higher. --With reporting by Phil Zabriskie/Ramadi