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...estimated 500-700 women in black dresses, headscarves and veils demonstrated during the weekly bazaar, a market that authorities say draws some 100,000 attendees. "They pulled placards calling for independence from under their robes," recounts one Uighur teacher who wasn't at the bazaar that day but spoke to many witnesses. "Every time the police arrested one group, another protest would start in a different part of the market. In the end they had to arrest hundreds." Residents in Khotan say there have been smaller demonstrations since then, mostly in the countryside...
Branson does not accept that idea. Virgin, he says, can succeed where discount and traditional carriers have failed, by offering something different: a hybrid that delivers good service at a reasonable price and eliminates the hub-and-spoke approach that creates mayhem whenever the weather sours. He has convinced his investors, who have so far put $312 million in capital into Virgin America, that this model can work in the U.S. "We're going to shake up the market," he says. Branson expects Virgin America to be profitable within two years. He has done this before: both his British...
...educated approximately 50 people at the Cambridge Queen’s Head Pub on what it takes to make quality beer. The “Beer School” event featured a tasting of three types of Harpoon beer and one cider, each paired with a different appetizer. Storey spoke on the history and philosophy of Harpoon—which has a brewery in Boston—while Smith focused on the craft of brewing. Storey, Harpoon’s senior vice president for marketing, said that the company was founded in 1986 by two of his classmates at Harvard...
...English teacher decided to stage Romeo and Juliet and make it a metaphor of our divided lives. By acting as young lovers on stage, John Abwole, the African Romeo, and I breached the wall separating us. My family and community reacted with appalling cruelty. Papa never spoke to me again...
...Enter the finishing schools. "We spoke to companies, educational institutes and students across three states while preparing our course curriculum, and they all said there was a huge need to develop personal leadership, and interpersonal and communication skills among graduates," says Pallavi Jha, chairman and managing director, Walchand PeopleFirst Ltd., which is partnering with Dale Carnegie Training to offer courses in India. "We've had requests to train people at vice president level in presentation and networking skills...