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...captain of industry. • That there is poetry in small shareholders. At Vivendi's April 24 general assembly, I witnessed holders of just 10 shares screaming through greed-distorted faces: "Monsieur Messier, what we want are profiiiiits!" Profits - on 10 shares? At best these cretins would be earning a tip, but their avarice is understandable: they are just dreaming as they were taught to. • And finally, that 4 billion of the 6 billion people on this planet, whose only daily goal is to drum up enough to eat, don't give a crap about Jean-Marie Messier - and that...
...fertility doctors know, however, success rates are notoriously hard to gauge. An in vitro center can tip the odds by selecting only the most promising candidates, or it can hurt its numbers by specializing in high-risk cases. So even if the latest improved success rates hold up to scientific scrutiny when they are published later this year, it's probably too soon to draw any broad conclusions...
...daughter of the Dai. Welcome home." It was a magic moment and the culmination of an emotion-charged journey for my wife, Sawitree. She is the first of her large northern Thai family to travel back to the land of her ancestors, the Dai people, who inhabit the southern tip of China's Yunnan province. The region is now known as Xishuangbanna, a Sinicization of the Dai name, which means "12,000 fields...
Police distributed information to people at the Area 4 meeting, including the phone number of their anonymous tip line. Several community members said they regretted not contacting the police in the past when they saw drug activity in the neighborhood, but said they would contact the police in the future...
...stadiums. Some hotel chains will even offer packages that include accommodations and baseball tickets. Concierges can assist in obtaining tickets, and some can even help you get behind-the-scenes stadium tours, says Laura Bates, vice president of resorts and leisure travel for Marriott International. An insider's tip from Engel: contact your team's office to find out at which hotels the team stays in various cities. "You may catch an up-close glimpse of a favorite player in the hotel lobby, and you may be able to get a fan discount at these hotels," she says...