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...really broke? How is that possible? -Angie Silverstein, Salt Lake CityI have been rich, and I have been broke. Some of it is my fault for choosing bad management and making bad investments. But that is life - we all take risks. At the moment, I am on a good upswing financially. But that could all change in a minute...
...feel about following the legendary Brian Jones and the great Mick Taylor in the guitar spot? -Rich Cervantes, Philadelphia, Pa.I used to work with Mick Taylor when he was very young. He had no confidence, but I knew he was a damn good player. He is the only one who won't take a solo. That kind of thing annoys me. If someone has talent, they should have faith in themselves and play. Brian Jones set a precedent - swapping between rhythm and lead guitar - which I like to keep going. He was the ultimate rhythm guitar player...
...first Rolls-Royce, BMW opted to resurrect the Phantom - a big saloon limousine that all but begs to be chauffeur-driven. That means targeting the very rich, whose legions around the world are growing fast. Rolls-Royce now wants to increase its market share while still remaining at the price pinnacle. It's introducing in 2008 a hardtop coupe version of the Phantom and launching a smaller, as-yet-unnamed saloon...
...company is expecting already rising sales to soar. Well, relatively speaking. This is, after all, a company whose ambition is to sell a mere 1,000 cars a year. That's a goal now in reach, thanks to upcoming expansions of the Rolls product line, increasing numbers of extremely rich potential buyers, and fast-growing Asian markets...
...much support for the proposition that poverty causes crime in the international criminological literature as you might expect," writes South African criminologist Anthony Altbeker in a study published last month. "However, there is a much stronger conviction among academics that inequality causes crime; that the difference between what the rich and poor earn matters more than the depth of poverty...