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Even Warner, 50, a telecommunications tycoon, admits he had a lot to learn when he arrived in Richmond. At first, the Republican-controlled legislature turned down everything he put forward. Voters rejected his proposal for new taxes to solve the state's traffic congestion. Worst of all, the Governor, who had run promising to help generate high-tech jobs, saw the technology bubble burst, just as he discovered that he had a deficit of more than $3 billion to close...
Many Chinese etiquette instructors and authors of best-selling manners manuals are progeny of the high-class aesthetes Mao tried to eradicate. Professor Li of the Shanghai Institute of Foreign Trade is the descendant of a cotton tycoon, and grew up eating Western fare like rye bread and cheese for breakfast. His brother, a doctor, was killed during the Cultural Revolution. The fact that Li leads classes on Western etiquette says something about how far China has come since the days of Mao, but it is also a reminder of the gaps that still exist between China and the developed...
Mark E. Zuckerberg, founder and CEO of facebook.com, dropped in for some on-campus recruiting and announced he would be dropping out of Harvard indefinitely yesterday afternoon. Following in the footsteps of Microsoft tycoon and former Harvard student Bill Gates, Zuckerberg has chosen computers over campus life. “I’m not coming back,” he said. Facebook.com spokesman Chris R. Hughes ’06 left open the possibility that Zuckerberg might return several years down the road. Zuckerberg, formerly of the Class of 2006, will forego a Harvard degree to run facebook.com...
...case on the docket may challenge new Chief Justice John Roberts' stated intent to pursue judicial modesty. The U.S. Supreme Court is set to hear arguments in former stripper ANNA NICOLE SMITH'S appeal to win part of the $1.6 billion fortune left by her late husband, Texas tycoon J. Howard Marshall, whom she wed in 1994 when she was 26 and he was 89. Sure, the Justices may be a more prudish audience than Smith is used to, but then again, they do wear those silky robes...
...COASTER CULTURE ? Can't get enough of coasters, or think you can do better than the engineers? Then try Atari's Roller Coaster Tycoon 3 (rollercoastertycoon.com), a computer game that lets you simulate your own thrill rides. ? For the true aficionado, Roller Coaster Database (rcdb.com) provides listings, news and statistics on about 1,800 coasters around the world...