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...When I go to a football game or a baseball game...I have a satchel of 10,000 business cards,” he said, throwing his cards all over a Harvard Business School stage and shouting “Home run!” or “Touchdown!” to underscore his advice: “Market yourself...
...memoir I Was Right on Time, "I've been following that bouncing ball." A Florida kid who grew up watching Babe Ruth during spring training, O'Neil joined the Monarchs in 1938 after their first baseman broke a leg--a move that led to his friendship with teammate Satchel Paige. O'Neil later became a Chicago Cubs scout--he signed Hall of Famers like Lou Brock--then, in 1962, a barrier-breaking coach. But he never forgot his sporting roots, and wrote,"The Lord has kept me on this earth to bear witness to the days and glories...
...Hilbert] acknowledges it, insofar as he is seeking to partake in it, with great fanfare, after I had initiated him, with much effort, into the gist of the theory ... Heartfelt greetings, yours, Einstein So Einstein spent Christmas Day in his Berlin apartment. That morning, he took out of his satchel some of the drawings that Hans Albert had sent him and wrote the boy a postcard saying how much they pleased him. He would come for Easter, he promised. To Einstein's delight, his son enjoyed playing piano. "Maybe you can practice something to accompany a violin, and then...
...carried the lethaldose of morphine with him for years. He had taken it to the American West, to the African savanna and, finally, down the River of Doubt--a twisting tributary deep in the Amazon rain forest. The glass vial was small enough to tuck into a leather satchel or slip into his luggage, nearly invisible beside his books, his socks and his eight extra pairs of eyeglasses. Easily overlooked, it was perhaps the most private possession of one of the world's most public...
...They are the most visible accessory for women in abayas, but for Alanoud they make the outfit. Her recent choices include a cream-colored Gucci bag that she also bought in brown suede. She has ordered two Fendi bags, a Spy with pearls and a white leather Bag It Satchel; the Chlo Paddington; a Marni bag; and some Vuittons. The one big bag brand she doesn't have is Herms. "I'm going to wait," she says. "My mom's always taught me, even though you can have it, the beauty is to have it at the right time...