If your sales process involves proposals, your sales crutch on your ability to write a winning executive summary. If it's lame, the proposal goes unread; if it's hot, readers will be thinking "YES!" before they get to the end of the page. Here's exactly how to write an executive...
As airlines begin charging for everything short of oxygen, more people, despite climbing gas prices, will turn to the great American vacation: the road trip. The best thing about that: You can bring Rover, the great American road dog. Most dogs are great...
ASK THE LOCALS and they'll tell you: Until five years ago, Paso Robles was just a podunk cowtown in the middle of nowhere, little more than a homogenous pit stop for those traveling between Los Angeles and the Bay Area. "When I moved here, Paso was...
Byline: Mark Rechtin Struggling Volvo is asking its unprofitable and marginal dealers in the United States to give up their franchises. Declining sales and a weak dollar have put the squeeze on Ford's Swedish luxury brand in...
When the Utah basketball team plays Missouri State today in another noon tip-off, a lot of fans may be wondering, who the heck is Missouri State? It certainly isn't the University of Missouri of the Big 12, but it also isn't a podunk school that just gained...
You're flying an ILS to Run way 7 at Podunk Municipal KPOD, but the AWOS says winds 240 at 15 gust 20 with a ceiling 500 feet above circling minimums. You're below radar coverage, and the Tower was decommissioned during the Carter administration, so you're on your own. ...
LUTE OLSON REITERATED his stance that he doesn't like postseason conference tournaments. And if the selection committee is listening, he just made an argument for Drexel. It's Olson's opinion that conference tournaments diminish the value of playing a difficult slate during the regular season; which is ...
Dear Tom and Ray: I am a college student in a small Podunk town in Minnesota. Recently, we were "blessed" with a hailstorm like none other, and the damage to the cars here can only be described as impressive. I have been postponing buying a car as long as possible,...
Along with afflictions such as chronic foot-in-mouth disease, I have a proclivity for intruding where I don't belong. Most times, guardians of the glitterati unceremoniously eject me, but on rare occasion my gaucheness results in something serendipitous. Flashback to Saturday, April 8, 1961. I'm in...
EVER WONDER WHY YOU STILL RIDE YOUR WOODEN PLANK? SKATEBOADING IS A DANGEROUS ACTIVITY, IF YOU'RE NOT COMMITED YOU'RE PROBABLY FAKING IT. UP HERE IN THE NORTHWEST CORNER WE DON'T TAKE IT FOR GRANTED WINTER TIME CAN MEAN WEEKS OF WETNESS AND SKATE SKILLS GO INTO HIBERNATION...
Rock Around the Clock + Don't Knock the Rock ** and **1/2, both 1956, Sony, unrated, $20 The same year prolific Sam Katzman produced these frequently squaresville pop pictures headlining Bill Haley and his spit-curl, Katzman produced 11 other cheapies, including Earth vs. the...
Almost every potential student of the DABCI course asks me, "When will the course be coming to my home town?" Whether it is Atlanta, Houston, or Podunk, Wyoming with a population of six I get the same question. I always ask back, "Why do you want to...
Your editorial about the soccer stadium was thoughtful and in the public's best interest (Oct. 8). Unfortunately, no one in Mayor Tom Dolan's office is listening. They are not willing or able to handle the truth about this impending citizen-financed fiasco. I called Mayor Dolan's office to...
Byline: BRAD EDMONDSON Baby boomers are the stars of the U.S. consumer market, and their turn in the spotlight will continue for at least another decade. But the boomers, aged 42-60 in 2006, are only about one-quarter of...
Richard John Neuhaus' knee-jerk defense of all things "Bush" is becoming increasingly evident. Take for example his recent criticism of Calvin College ("While We're At It," August/September). Rather than praise the college for warmly inviting President Bush to give its commencement address, Neuhaus...
These lists take into account the cost of business, the cost of living, job and income growth, education level of residents, crime rates, and culture and leisure options. Vogt notes that these lists are particularly useful for people with very specific career goals. "Your parents may say to you something...
A developer says commercial and industrial real estate is suddenly hot in what he says was until recently considered Podunk Woodland in Southwest Washington, and he's wrapping work on one project there and prepping for another to tap into the markets. Heritage Development LLC will open the...
Byline: Mike Spellman Daily Herald Sports Writer Sixteen years in professional ball, and 23 at-bats in the major leagues. Talk about perseverance. Scott McClain, a 33-year-old third baseman, finally made it to Wrigley Field last weekend after the Cubs...
One thing is certain: Farmers looking for big-time corn yields won't find them in fields with Podunk plant populations. But before you fiddle with the planter sprockets, be sure your field is ready. Corn yield is built one ear at a time. Making sure as many of...
MODESTO -- Taxpayers shelled out about $4.13 million to put Scott Peterson on death row, according to final tallies by the agencies most involved in Modesto's high-profile, double-murder case. A spokesman for the family of victim Laci Peterson said the expensive effort is deeply appreciated. ...
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