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...volume spills over with Branson's advice, as well as his wisdom, his opinions and his accomplishments--all gussied up to show everyone who's not as lucky, as smart, as gutsy or, well, as cool as Sir Richard how to succeed in business. And you've got to give him his due: the guy can sell just about anything, and with flair. Perhaps even books...
...Israel: In the Swinging Sixties, straitlaced Israel rejected the Fab Four's offer to perform. Four decades later, Beatlemania has gripped Tel Aviv, with a Sept. 25 Paul McCartney concert drawing at least 40,000 fans--who forked over as much as $1,500 a pop to see Sir Paul's performance despite death threats lodged against him by a Muslim extremist...
...Ollie,” said The Stable Boy. “It’s me. I have the money.”“Blazes!” he cried, extracting himself from the pile. “Oi didn’t realize ew it was, sir. ’Ow on earth did you find all that coin?” Ollie had seen the Stable Boy’s wheelbarrow.“I worked out an arrangement with my employer, Monsieur Jacques,” said the Stable Boy“The estimable picture...
...Israeli newspapers ran interviews with McCartney on their front pages and featured little celebrity nuggets such as Sir Paul requesting that his Royal Suite be fitted out with a specially tuned piano and a plate of Jerusalem humus. McCartney, whose show celebrates Israel's 60th anniversary, brushed off the death threat from Islamic radicals. "I do what I think and I have many friends who support Israel," he told the daily Yedioth Ahronoth. In another interview, with the Jerusalem Post, McCartney said: "Any high-profile event brings with it some worries." He added: "I think that most people understand that...
Beatlemania was a little late getting to the Jewish State, thanks to the cultural conservatism of its founding leaders. Indeed, Thursday's Tel Aviv gig by Sir Paul McCartney marks a long-delayed concert debut in Israel by the former Beatle, who has endeared himself to a new generation of Israeli fans by going ahead with the show despite death threats from a radical Islamic cleric in Lebanon who vowed that "If he values his life, Mr. McCartney must not come to Israel. He will not be safe there. The sacrifice operatives will be waiting...