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...losing patience. China, North Korea's largest trade partner and donor and its closest ally, is as afraid of a nuclear-armed North as it is of refugees. Beijing was infuriated by the North's obstreperousness at the Beijing talks, which China had gone out on a limb to sponsor. South Korean Foreign Minister Yoon Young Kwan said Kim's nuclear declaration represented "a very serious matter that endangers peace on the Korean peninsula and stability in Northeast Asia...
...NASCAR chairman Bill France was once in the Navy, and his brother Jim, also involved with NASCAR, served in the Army. There is a fly-over by military aircraft prior to almost every race. In addition, the Army, Navy, Marines, Air Force, National Guard and Civil Air Patrol all sponsor racecars. To list just a few: the Army sponsors Jerry Nadeau’s car; the Navy sponsors Jon Wood’s; the Marine Corps sponsors Bobby Hamilton, Jr.’s; the Air Force is an associate sponsor of Ricky Rudd’s; and the National...
RECREATION SPOTS Major corporations have sponsored sports tournaments and entire sports stadiums. Taking this trend to the micro level, they can now sponsor individual holes on a golf course. ProLink, a company based in Tempe, Ariz., has mounted screens in 21,960 golf carts on 305 public and private courses around the country. Using GPS technology, the screens display static ads for the sponsoring company as a golfer approaches the tee box of a particular hole, as well as distances and tips on how to play the hole. One hopes that a clothing company will soon provide style tips...
...many members among its 45,000 who are not Boeing employees but rather other workers and residents throughout its territory in eastern Kansas. Last fall the credit union rented billboards in the Wichita area to declare itself BETTER THAN YOUR BANK. In Minneapolis, Affinity Plus recently became an official sponsor of the Minnesota Twins to demonstrate to the community that it's available to just about anyone. "The Twins are a small-market team fighting the big boys, and we're the same," says Affinity CEO Kyle Markland, 39. Since 1997 when he took charge, membership has shot up from...
...have to start in the Houses. The Harvard social scene could be greatly revitalized if the College helped sponsor events at Houses along the lines of Mather Lather. Not only do the Houses have the space necessary for such large functions but they would also provide a safe environment. Rather than that freshman drinking himself into oblivion in his tiny Wigg common room, he can be out having a good time with other freshmen at an Outkast concert in the Quad or at a Leverett Casino Night...