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...Disney officials wouldn't say when the park will open or how much it will cost. The company stated in a press release that the Shanghai park will include "characteristics tailored to the Shanghai region," but a spokesperson declined to elaborate on what types of rides or attractions might be on offer. The Shanghai government has already reserved an estimated 1,000 acres near Shanghai's international airport in the city's Pudong district...
...along comes Begleiter, an investment banker who has grabbed a coveted place in the "November Nine." He wouldn't be there if not for the implosion of his longtime employer Bear Stearns, where he headed corporate strategy and helped wind down the firm's business amid the financial panic of 2008. The demise of Bears Stearns marked the rise of Begs the poker player. After the firm was sold to JPMorgan in March of 2008, Begleiter was without work and looking for someplace to let off steam. "I decided what the heck," he recalls. "I'm going to play...
...then sensibility changes. It will take a generation but suddenly, the martyr will become a Don Quixote. Don Quixote thinks he is a great character but everyone else thinks of him as a fool. It would turn the martyr into somebody who presumes way too much about himself. It wouldn't eliminate terrorists but it would undermine the culture that promotes suicide terror...
...wouldn't be the first time Abadi has faced such questions. Last year the Florida Board of Auctioneers, which is part of the state's Department of Business and Professional Regulation, sanctioned Abadi twice for violating its rules regarding "false, deceptive, misleading or untruthful advertising." In 2007, Abadi's Illinois auction license was suspended indefinitely for failure to comply with the state's continuing-education requirements. He also had a run-in with Wisconsin regulators in 2002 for "failing to include required information in a published advertisement." Gavin Abadi would not discuss his brother's infractions but said that...
...councilor's portfolio. Still, he recalls one influential Detroit pastor saying, "We like you, but you pose a problem for the clergy: homosexuality is a sin in our book." Yet hardly any ministers have publicly denounced his candidacy. "People have whispered things about Charles Pugh's homosexuality that they wouldn't dare say in public, partly because they don't want to be singled out," says Gaddis...