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...number of the Founders were struck at how open Branson and the legendary aircraft designer Burt Rutan have been, inviting them to Rutan's closed shop out in the Mojave Desert, to the Virgin Galactic launch in New York, and yes, to Branson's private island. "Richard can carry on research until 2012 as far as I'm concerned. It's such fun," says John Goodwin, a 62-year-old retired candy wholesaler from England, who talked while his fellow travelers played tennis in the rain. Goodwin had visited Rutan's workshop. "There he is, answering your questions...
...free-market economy, some 3,600 state-owned companies have been partially privatized by issuing shares to employees, managers and the public-who in turn have sold them through the Internet and in private deals with family, friends and acquaintances. This is capitalism in the raw. When deals are struck, whether online or over tea, purchasers take physical possession of the shares, and buyer and seller often go to the company's headquarters to register the change of ownership. In some cases, no registration takes place; the seller only provides a bill of sale...
...case of Noorzai is just more evidence of the plague of groupthink that has struck U.S. decision makers, from the mishandling of pre-9/11 intelligence to the mistakes in Iraq. Officials made contact with a valuable source but then just let him rot in jail with the crucial information. Such missteps have cost billions of taxpayers' dollars and thousands of soldiers' lives...
...Iowan since 1990, this is my fifth caucus season. Yet again, I am struck by the remarkable opportunity Iowans get to see our presidential candidates up-close-and-personal...
Trying to convey the significance of leadership by example, panelists vividly recounted their experiences in the field. Remembering an accident in Fallujah in which a U.S. convoy was struck by a vehicle carrying a bomb, Sullivan expressed her wonder at the unwavering enthusiasm of American soldiers...