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...before that, at the Federal Aviation Administration, where she started working even before she graduated from law school. But she did hardly any litigating in court. Her work was focused more on administrative matters. For instance, when sensitive aviation-security issues came up in the civil suit brought against Pan Am by families of those who died in the Flight 103 bombing, she advised the presiding judge on whether to clear the courtroom. When she started delving into criminal trial tactics, say colleagues, she was simply out of her element...
Smiling broadly and looking dapper in a powder blue shirt, pin-striped suit and bright red tie, Renault CEO Carlos Ghosn doesn't look like your typical corporate hatchet man. Back in 1999, however, Ghosn was dubbed the "samurai" and "cost killer" at Nissan Motor in Japan. As the newly appointed president, he began closing plants, slashing more than $20 billion in debt and eliminating 20,000-plus jobs to return the moribund company to profitability. Many observers--especially France's sometimes intractable unions--expected similar tough love in early February, when Ghosn unveiled his ambitious four-year plan...
...Watkins took the witness stand wearing the same purple suit she sports on the website advertising her $30,000 speeches, and weathered the ire of defense attorneys, who implied her testimony was little more than another stop on her book tour, in an often testy afternoon...
...realities of package travel all too often keep one earthbound. Geneva-based hiking company A Different View transports its customers closer to heaven with its tours through the high-altitude areas around Geneva, and the neighboring Haute-Savoie region of France, pictured. "We customize our hikes and meals to suit guests' wishes, and focus on local points of interest: plant and animal life, as well as culinary delights," says owner Trish Thalman. Her business partner, local Pierre Zuppiroli, guides hikers up mountain Loh and Behold Avant-garde murals and imaginative furnishings characterise a new Singapore hotel Identity Parade An iconic...
...olive green outfit is undeniably dowdy.“We joke a lot about the army female class-A uniform,” Williams says. “It’s so ugly.”And though attempts have been made to adapt the formal pants to suit the female form, none has quite succeeded. The cadets complain that the pants ride up far above their belly buttons. “Men look good in uniform,” Waterman says. “We don’t look good in ours.”While women...