War of the Golden Stool

treasures and unseen information about ancient Egypt. In 1907, Carter was given the job of excavating the Valley of the Kings. He put together a team of men that would help him, but after he set out in 1914 he had to put his journey to a halt. World War I interrupted his excavation at first, but he was resumed in 1917. After…

"Take a seat." For corporate leaders in position of great power and authority without equivalence, they say this in their offices, for me, it was in the corner of a boxing gym. In fact, it was while I was a volunteer at Gleason 's Gym New York, during the 7th annual New York Boxing Tournament. My supervisors, Dr. Beatty and Dr. King, instructed me to record a boxer 's heart rate, blood pressure, and facilitate the boxer when the doctors were ready to give a check-up before their fight. The…

candies from the Greenwood Pastry on the corner. Uncle Riley leads the way as we walk the streets until the light begins to fade between the office towers and the crippled gargoyles forever perched on the corners of the buildings that illuminate a golden age gone by. We laugh together and reminisce about the previous Christmases we have spent together. The elevator seems quieter on these nights, almost as if it has a respect for the holiday, but I know it’s just because we’re all crammed in…

This is why she places characters such as Aliide Truu, Ingel, Hans and Linda Pekk back in those dark times. Hans Pekk, one of the most significant characters in the novel secretly “collaborated with the Germans during the Second World War -- more sympathetic to him and the cause of Estonian independence than the Russians --, and with the Soviet victory he was no longer able to live out in the open.” (http://www.complete-review.com/reviews/suomi/oksanen.htm) Ingel, Aliide’s sister marries…

He turned a little sideways in his chair to drink his mug of coffee. At the table on his left the man with the strident voice was still talking remorselessly away. A young woman who was perhaps his secretary, and who was sitting with her back to Winston, was listening to him and seemed to be eagerly agreeing with everything that he said. From time to time Winston caught some such remark as 'I think you're so right, I do so agree with you', uttered in a youthful and rather silly feminine voice.…

Unfortunately, some companies have mismanaged their greatest asset—their brands. This is what befell the popular Snapple brand almost as soon as Quaker Oats bought the beverage marketer for $1.7 billion in 1994. Snapple had become a hit through powerful grassroots marketing and distribution through small outlets and convenience stores. Analysts said that because Quaker did not understand the brand’s appeal, it made the mistake of changing the ads and the distribution. Snapple lost so much…