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...Most people involved in rugby and rugby league will tell you that Polynesians are naturally suited to the sports. "Oh, they're gifted athletically, there's no doubt about it," says Peter O'Sullivan, recruitment manager for the Sydney Roosters NRL club. "It's not just size. It's balance, footwork, skill and strength." But attributing Polynesians' football prowess to inherent qualities can lead to the quicksand of racial stereotyping. In focusing on the physiques of Maoris and Islanders, it's easy to overlook other, perhaps more important, factors in their growing presence in elite football - motivation, hard work...
Countless books tell you how you can get filthy rich and join the wealthiest 1% of the U.S. population. But less energy has been expended on assessing the attitudes of that fortunate demographic. The three market researchers behind this book are seeing The Millionaire Next Door and raising it $4 million. By interviewing 6,000 people with liquid assets of at least $5 million, they have written a comprehensive book that statistically defines this well-heeled group. You might not be one of them, but that doesn't mean you can't enjoy their peculiarities--or learn how to sell...
John McCain is also one of the best members of the Senate and a sterling character in many ways. But if that were all he was, he wouldn't be running for President. Most voters couldn't tell you a thing about McCain's Senate record. But everyone knows he endured five years in a North Vietnamese prison. That fact is the cornerstone of his political appeal...
Back during the Democratic primary campaign, there was John Edwards. He had an ambitious plan for health-care reform, I believe, but I couldn't tell you a thing about it. We all knew two things about him: he (like Biden) lost a child in an automobile accident, and his wife had inoperable cancer. (Now we know a third thing about Edwards, which illustrates the peril of drawing too many conclusions from a candidate's life story as framed by the candidate and his or her campaign.) And, of course, there was Hillary Clinton. She never made an explicit issue...
...McCain. Mark McKinnon, a veteran of the Bush campaigns who worked closely with McCain and Salter during the primaries, describes Salter's role as that of three staffers in any other campaign: he is chief speechwriter, an encyclopedia of McCain's personal history and the man who can tell McCain anything. "We became close friends," Salter explains of his mentor. McCain calls...