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...inevitable," says Gary Bridge, Segway's marketing chief. "I dread that day." Never mind that people die every day on bicycles, in crosswalks, on skateboards, in cars. The Segway is the newest new thing, and nothing does more to set hearts afire on the contingency-fee bar. "There are some very deep pockets around this thing," remarks Andy Grove. "I fear this could be a litigation lightning...
...inevitable," says Gary Bridge, Segway's marketing chief. "I dread that day." Never mind that people die every day on bicycles, in crosswalks, on skateboards, in cars. The Segway is the newest new thing, and nothing does more to set hearts afire on the contingency-fee bar. "There are some very deep pockets around this thing," remarks Andy Grove. "I fear this could be a litigation lightning...
...Urinetown, the citizens of the local town must do their private business at public bathrooms which charge a fee. As the show’s narrator explains, “That is the central conceit of the show.” It should be noted that on the word “show” he strikes the pose of a chorine delivering her big line in an old-style Follies; this sets the tone for an evening in which musical theater, particularly that which attempts a social conscience, serves as the focus of blunt, but hysterical, satire...
...mistakes of the 1993 Mogadishu fiasco. A more likely scenario would be the Afghanistan model of air power used in combination with local proxy forces - the Ethiopians come to mind, although there would be plenty of local warlords open to turning against any Al Qaeda elements for a small fee...
...Ahmed Nur Ali Jamale, steered money--possibly tens of millions of dollars a year--to a Somali affiliate of al-Qaeda known as Al-Ittihad Al-Islamiya, or AIAI. One U.S. document says bin Laden and AIAI "benefit[ed] from every transaction," with AIAI typically taking a 5% transfer fee, some of which finds its way to bin Laden groups...