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...Rule 1: Pay attention to and avoid irritating the people with their names written on their belts, but especially if it's both in English and Korean. This is universally applicable. In Texas, we have a similar truism: avoid fighting with people who wear belt buckles you could eat cereal out of. Also, if their names (i.e. Bubba Ray or Merle) are branded into their leather belts, the rule applies...
...Rule 2: Learn how to fall. This is very important, because as a beginner, I have done a lot of it, some of it optional. Whether being ragdolled by a 5th-degree black belt or simply trying to keep your prized Harvard mind intact, this is a useful skill. Yes, there is a wrong way to fall...
...expect anyone who challenges them to set up his own website within the next 10 minutes. The outcome of the conflict will not just determine whether Ding or Zhang becomes a billionaire. Dotcoms highlight the central contradiction of China today--the drive to modernize without giving up one-party rule. The government wants the economic benefits of the Internet without the freedom it gives. The information revolution, minus the revolution...
Marriage has been ratings gold before. Thank Tiny Tim, Luke and Laura, and, most of all, Chuck and Di for that. But it used to be that at least one partner needed to be famous. Fox upset that rule--and just may have found its answer to the ABC phenom Who Wants to Be a Millionaire--with the crass namesake and surprise smash Who Wants to Marry a Multi-Millionaire? In the process, it underscored the new reality of TV's New Reality: oddball, cheap nonfiction programs, from game shows to voyeurism stunts, are elbowing aside sitcoms and dramas...
...mail I've received since my "Retirement Tricks" column ran several weeks ago: 1) a whole lot of people are sitting on a whole lot of highly appreciated employer stock in their 401(k) plans, and 2) despite a fair amount of press, confusion reigns concerning an IRS rule that permits people who retire or switch jobs to take possession of their company stock rather than roll it into...