Two Italian men and a lady stranded on a desert island: The two fought and one killed the other to have the lady. Two American men and a lady stranded on a desert island: They both had the lady together. Two French men and a lady stranded on a desert island: They killed the lady… Read More »
Oct 1994 : In connection with a commentary he wrote in the International Herald Tribune stating how judiciaries in some Asian countries are compliant to ruling powers, American academic Dr.Christopher Lingle was questioned for 90 minutes by the Singapore police for possible contempt of court and criminal defamation. Within a week, he returned to the… Read More »
Teenage golf sensation Michelle Wie, who reportedly was guaranteed almost US$870,000 by Casio for her appearance at the Casio World Open 2006 in Japan, is not sure if she would be invited back for next year’s event. Wie was second from last after two days of the US$1.2 million event, missing the cut by a… Read More »
All those undeserved attention on Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes is driving the actor nuts. Don’t we have other more important issues to focus on, such as why James Bond shouldn’t be James Blond? Oh… that’s overhyped as well?
Hugo Chavez, the President of Venezuela, has suggested that US President George Bush should follow the example of Donald Rumsfeld and resign, according to a Reuters report. “Heads have started to roll. The president should resign on moral grounds,” Chavez told a news conference after an aide passed him a note with word of the… Read More »
In the October 30, 2006 issue of FORTUNE, Geoffrey Colvin cited Boeing CEO James McNerney as one of the 13 peak performers in the cover story on “Secrets of Greatness“. Somewhere in the interview, McNerney responded to the question of whether great performers in any field tended to receive a lot of early encouragement from… Read More »