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...BOARD INDEPENDENCE] [Strong stench] Half the current board members are present or former Global Crossing executives. The board has an unusually high turnover rate: 10 directors quit last year alone...
...dialogue. One exchange between Paul and his friend Steve begins with Steve saying, "I'm giving up drinking. ? I was thinking about why I never have money or a job and it's because of the alcohol." "That and laziness," says Paul. "Yeah but the alcohol's easier to quit." "Then why'd you ask me to go to a bar tonight?" asks Paul. "I figure I'll start tomorrow...
Fast-forward to the present, to an era when terrorism is a global nightmare. Surprisingly, Aum lives on. True, many members quit after the atrocity, which led to the arrest and prosecution of Asahara and 18 others. But hundreds more (1,186 according to the group; hundreds more than that, according to police who watch them) stuck with it. And additional cults are springing up, offering refuge to disillusioned youth in a Japan that, owing to a pervasive sense of economic doom, is searching for its soul. By one government estimate, there are more than 10,000 "new religions...
...used to think I could quit checking my e-mail any time I wanted to, but I stopped kidding myself years ago. My e-mail program is up and running 24 hours a day, and once I submit to its siren call, whole hours can go missing. I have a friend who recently found herself stuck on a cruise ship near Panama that didn't offer e-mail, so she chartered a helicopter to take her to the nearest Internet cafe. There was nothing in her queue but junk mail and other spam, but she thought the trip was worth...