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Sohu, which started in 1996 as the first Chinese-language search engine, surprised critics by turning profitable in the third quarter of last year. For the second quarter of 2003, it posted a stunning $7.5 million profit on $19.3 million in revenue. But the climb has not always been smooth. During the shake-out following the dotcom crash, shareholders questioned the company's heavy dependence on banner-ad revenue. Hostile board members and disgruntled investors wanted professional management to replace him. Zhang says his nonconfrontational style helped him hold on, but the experience "was the worst sort of psychological torture...
...controls, we whipped around Powder River a few more times and made a fake bombing run on an imaginary column of Iraqi T-72 tanks. Our 1 hour, 13 min. mission completed, Blood resumed control of the aircraft and brought us back to Ellsworth. The landing was smooth, and, I'm proud to report, my gloves were clean...
...program didn’t get off to a smooth start at all locations, however...
...Ralph Lauren--next to a ridiculous little sportcoat cut from pink-green-and-blue madras plaid--that I spotted the Holy Grail: a perfect navy blue blazer in a smooth flannel wool. It was $240. I knew I would end up with the Gap's predictably adequate $48 version, but I lingered at Ralph Lauren, fingering the blazer's golden buttons, trying to rationalize such an indulgent purchase. It's a special occasion, I reminded myself. Nothing's too good for my boy. Besides, the jacket was cheap compared with the $525 vintage Levi's ("That's five bills...
...course, many successful leaders are not nice guys--your boss, perhaps. But Jayson Blair turned Raines' leadership into a national issue. That Blair, a smooth talker who ingratiated himself with Raines and Boyd, went so long uncaught despite warnings about his sloppy work was blamed on Raines' playing favorites and his unwillingness to listen to others. "This was very quickly not about Jayson Blair," says a Times staff member, "but about Howell and the star system he created. The level of anger was just out of control...