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...years following the patriarch's death, there was no outward sign of disharmony between the brothers. Reliance aggressively branched out of its core industrial sectors into telecommunications, oil exploration and power generation. As co-managing directors at Reliance Industries, Anil handled finance while Mukesh oversaw strategic projects. The pair found a safe vent for sibling rivalry by creating distinct fiefdoms among Reliance's smaller subsidiaries. Under Mukesh, Reliance entered the highly competitive mobile-phone market and quickly garnered a subscriber base of more than 7 million, becoming the country's largest wireless carrier. Anil directed the group's push into...
...While guys are buying flatscreen TVs, women are buying boots,” Hampshire said, citing the fur-lined Ugg boots, which go for around $200 a pair, as particularly popular sellers. “Women are fabulous. They’re driving everything...
...pleasure for both genders. Women will likely see parts of their own lives appear with a refreshing authenticity while men can enjoy a trip through the looking glass. Allison Cole, for example, turns in "Joe Blow," a creepy slice of life story about a perv who stalks a pair of roommates. Nearly every woman has some kind of scary harassment story but seeing one in comix form still comes as a shock. Another commonality in "Scheherazade" is a greater interest in exploring the nuances of relationships. Ellen Lindner's "Undertow," with the look and feel of a comix "Mildred Pierce...
...been made fully visible in some cases. "Castor and Pollux," a poetic single page by an artist known as "C.F." appears on a piece of torn-out spiral notepaper, complete with the rough fringe on the left edge. Souther Salazar's "Fervler 'n Razzle," features the antics of a pair of doodles on whatever surface the artist seems to have around. One strip puts them on a drinking straw wrapper. Reproducing these works as-is makes them seem almost sculptural, adding a thrilling third dimension to the traditionally flat comix surface...
...that this time will be different - perfect. And they will be different. They are, for a while: better than their best. It's at the bitter end of the affair that men, and women, tend to be at their worst, getting pathetic, shrill, vindictive. Especially if one of the pair feels wronged and righteous. No sadistic cop could grill a suspect with more brutal intensity than a man brings to the job of questioning the woman who's about to walk...