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Joorabchian's entry into the Brazilian game was, to kick a metaphor around, out of left field. An investment banker and former car salesman, he arrived in Brazil from Britain in 2004 seeking to buy a media outlet. But after watching Corinthians, he decided sports was a better bet. The team was desperate for a benefactor. Despite a fan base of some 24 million, the club attracted fewer than 10,000 people at most games, was more than $20 million in debt and had a revenue stream one-tenth of the $300 million that English powerhouse Manchester United rakes...
With the grace of a Ginsu-knife salesman, Donald Trump mixes advice--"Go with your gut" and "When somebody screws you, screw them back in spades"--with self-aggrandizing outbursts, like declaring that his dealmaking is so superb he "could negotiate peace in the Middle East." He is echoed only somewhat less obnoxiously by his co-writer, Bill Zanker. Thankfully, Trump stops short of listing the powerful women he claims to have slept with. "If I did, this book would sell 10 million copies," he says, adding smugly, "maybe it will anyway." Unfortunately, he's probably right...
When you're a devout Mormon working as an insurance salesman, show business seems like an improbable career switch. But George Osmond was never one to worry about odds. Forty-five years ago, he drove his four sons--whom he taught to sing as a barbershop quartet--to Disneyland for an impromptu performance. It was a big break not only for the Osmond Brothers but also for his five other children--most notably daughter Marie, who hosted a variety show with her brother Donnie in 1976. "We don't care which Osmond is out in front," the patriarch...
...pitch was surprising and off-putting - but salesman or not, this guy was my patient and he was in a lot of pain. I knew about superslime; there are quite a few drugs like it - injectable hyaluronic acids, basically artificial mucus, that seem to lessen joint pain in some arthritis patients. Their effectiveness in advanced arthritis isn't great, but they have little in the way of downsides - and what better psychic enhancer could I ask for than having my patient sell me the product? (Surely, it would encourage recovery more than his star power and my doctor...
...glycemic-index researcher and shark diver, among other things--to convince readers that luxury and excitement are within anyone's reach. The upshot of his advice? Outsource all your menial work to someone else and think up a clever Web-based business to bankroll the fun stuff. Snake-oil salesman or guru? Try working just four hours a week, and you'll soon find...