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...pictures of their mint-condition pool table; they build communities. Trust is a tangible thing in this world, with sellers receiving an all-important democratic rating based on how often they have delivered the goods as promised by the agreed-upon date. When suspect wares - like supposed organ sales - slip unseen into the massive mElange, it isn't eBay staffers who spot them first - it's the auctioneers, vigilantly policing their own neighborhood. More controversially, veteran buyers employ special software that helps them jump in and snap up items in the last seconds of an auction. But mostly the instinctive...
...past decade, Shojiro Suzuki has watched his wealth slowly slip away. The 861-sq.-ft. house in Tokyo that he bought 13 years ago for 60 million yen ($492,000)? It's worth half that now. The stock portfolio worth 16 million yen ($131,000) back in the late 1980s? A paltry 3 million yen ($25,000) now. His salary of 8.5 million yen ($70,000)? The same for 10 years. To make matters worse, last week the stock ticker in his office's front window taunted him every time he walked by. On his way out Monday...
...very lucrative place in sweeps history, "Survivor" chose a bad time to slip its loyalists the stinky fish. The show has just come upon its structural Achilles' heel: the post-merge voting. As soon as the balance shifts between the members of the just-dissolved tribes, the show goes on a dreary autopilot while the majority methodically votes out the minority...
Last year at the NCAA Regionals in Norman, Okla., the Crimson nearly pulled out a tournament win against Northwestern, holding leads of 4-0 and 6-4, before a string of questionable officiating and defensive breakdowns caused the game to slip away. The recent Worth Invitational games were encouraging for the Crimson's future tournament hopes...
...advice from Asgedom's parents that are the governing principles by which he lives, providing a wonderful frame of reference in which to see his actions. And although his story deals primarily with his struggles to over obstacles such as the English language and malicious classmates, Asgedom manages to slip in some entertaining sketches of his young life, such as a Halloween mischief and the theft of a parking meter...