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...does The Nudist feel so often like a motivational speech for Amway recruits? Perhaps because of comments like "There is no true failure in Silicon Valley" or "To create and risk failing is the essence of feeling alive." When Bronson isn't exhorting readers to "give salesmen their due respect," he's reminding us that the futurist George Gilder is always right--technology will prevail. Through Bronson's rosy lens, everyone is boldly striving in the valley, even if it's just for free cappuccinos in the break room...
...their tickers. Kadlec says the plan's success all depends on how many of the former type get hooked. "There's after-hours trading now, and for the most part, nobody shows up." But that's the professional crowd who've been doing it all day -- for dentists and salesmen and mechanics, says Kadlec, "this could be their new hobby, instead of watching TV. Come home, eat, put the kids to sleep. And trade stocks for a few hours before bed." Looks like the kids will be putting on their pajamas earlier than ever...
...skaters who flock around the fountain next store and perch with the pigeons on the statue of Phillips Brooks. But back to the security issues. The Hancock is not exactly the site of surreptitious government activity or important UN operations--it's just a big building filled with insurance salesmen, but Mr. Guard seems to think that every little kid traipsing around the lobby is carrying a self-detonator. His first comment was much to the effect of "I HATE THE MEDIA" but then he opened up enough to say that he wouldn't say a thing and couldn...
...back -- he has friends in high places. Security Council members France, Russia and China have officially called for an end to economic sanctions on Iraq and the firing of UNSCOM head Richard Butler, and the replacement of his inspectors with something about as effective as a gaggle of traveling salesmen. Their motives are as transparent as ever -- France and Russia want oil deals, and China just hates meddlers -- but that won?t make this tide any easier to turn...
Ling, an Oklahoma high school dropout, went into the electronics business in 1946 with a $3,000 stake. To finance his earliest acquisitions, he hired salesmen to peddle shares of Ling Electric Co. door to door in Dallas and even set up a booth at the Texas State Fair. Brokers laughed, but investors did well. "The genesis of our business was diversification," says Ling of his rapid expansion, which included everything from aircraft to baseball mitts...