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Jacobs is one of the big fish in the Bassplex, a subset of the gross domestic product propelled by some 50 million people who fish, spending more than $75 billion annually, and in particular those who pursue Micropterus salmoides. That overgrown sunfish with the large yap is found in 49 states and is one of freshwater fishing's most voracious consumers. (Do you sense a metaphor rising?) It was Jacobs who made the connection between Mr. Bigmouth and Mr. and Mrs. Shopper in launching the FLW Tour 10 years ago. Those insights hooked Wal-Mart, which became the tour...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Riding the Bass Boom | 10/3/2005 | See Source »

...Aguinaldo, the military compound that serves as headquarters for the armed forces. There she met with about three dozen disgruntled lieutenant colonels in the air force. They complained that Aquino, who had promised to do away with military patronage, had arbitrarily promoted one of their less senior colleagues, Adelberto Yap, to full colonel status ahead of them. The President reportedly attempted to assuage the officers' feelings and agreed to study the issue of Yap's promotion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Philippines: Taking Her Own Sweet Time | 6/21/2005 | See Source »

...love Tim Russert. He’s one of my favorite top TV personalities,” Paolo S. Yap ’07 said. “I think he’s mastered how to talk on TV. I don’t think he needs to be slapsticky or humorous. He’s a dynamic speaker...

Author: By Margaret W. Ho, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Russert Tapped For Class Day Talk | 5/13/2005 | See Source »

...with repression, afraid that the hypnotist is a fake, terrified that he is not. She shows us another daughter, a hairdresser named Candy, happily and efficiently shampooing her dead mother's hair, and working in a little White Mink to dull out the yellow. She hears clearly the grouchy yap of Teenager Sean, driven loony by parent effectiveness: "I mean you come home from school really pissed about something . . . and they say something like, 'Gee, son, you're very angry!' and then if you say 'Well yes, I am pretty goddamn angry' they...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: This Old House FAMILY LINEN by Lee Smith | 4/18/2005 | See Source »

...Marian movement among Protestants is very welcome. It represents an openness. Perhaps it will not be very long before all of humanity, including fundamentalists who terrorize in the name of religion, realize that religious faiths may have different names but they all contain essentially the same truths. Samuel J. Yap Batangas, the Philippines...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Hail Mary, Full of Grace | 4/11/2005 | See Source »

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