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...Rev. John Ohmer knew the parents in his congregation wanted help weaning themselves from the habit of overindulging their children. But as a father of three who has to ration Nintendo in his own home, Ohmer, rector of St. James Episcopal Church in Leesburg, Va., also knew it wasn't as simple as just telling families to buy less. So he revved up what he calls an "underground Christian resistance movement" for parents, offering parish workshops that urged them to make an inventory of their lives and holidays and then imagine the ideal version. Their dreams, it turned out, entailed...
Tires squeal. Engines rev. No, it's not NASCAR or Indy. It's the sound of a new generation of high-performance go-karts, which are gaining popularity as an alternative to golf and tennis at those spirit-building corporate outings. At F1 Boston, one of the nation's classiest tracks, companies are shelling out an average of $15,000 to $20,000 to hold sales meetings at the 106,000-sq.-ft. two-track facility with full conference amenities. "Everybody has been to too many cocktail parties and golf outings," says owner Richard J. Valentine...
...commissions, but the trend is toward fees based on a percentage of assets. And serving the owners of these assets means working with others in your firm. In May, for example, Merrill Lynch announced it was aiming to have 40% of its 16,000 brokers work in teams to rev up its service to high-income clients...
...wheel-drive pickup drew alongside. The driver gestured that he could see sparks coming from the exhaust of the campervan and, after some discussion about whether to heed him, the couple pulled over. Falconio inspected the van with the stranger, then came to the front and asked Lees to rev the engine. When he walked behind the van again, Lees heard a bang. It was the last she saw of her boyfriend. Tying her up, the gunman put her into his pickup while he went to the campervan. His mistake, and Lees' fortune, was that he restrained her hands...
...accusations last week was that seven years ago, Condit had an affair with the teenage daughter of a Pentecostal minister in his district. It is the stuff of daytime soaps. The minister just happened to do landscaping work for the Levys. According to the Washington Post, while the Rev. Otis Thomas was caring for the roses by the Levys' backyard pool, Chandra's mother struck up a conversation about her daughter's friendship with the Congressman. Thomas then confided that his own daughter Jennifer, now 26, had had an affair with Condit years ago, and that it had ended badly...