March 2009 - Posts - A Daily Download

March 2009 - Posts

11 for all formats

Posted by Sukumar Ranganathan at 
Reuters has an interesting story on Virender Sehwag today. It quotes an article by former New Zealand cricketer Martin Crowe that says: "Given his innings in test cricket, triple hundreds, exploits in Twenty20s and, obviously, one-dayers, he continues to defy really what batsmen have been trying to do for ages." The reference -- what batsmen...

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Jim Morrison's lyrics are sheer nonsense

Posted by Sukumar Ranganathan at 
The two songs most commonly mauled by college bands are Hotel California and Roadhouse Blues. Roadhouse Blues, a song by The Doors , is one of those songs that some people seem unable to grow out of. Some of these people mistakenly assume the number to be a blues song (because of the name). The same people also think The Moody Blues is a blues band...

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Son?

Posted by Sukumar Ranganathan at 
The only son of poor parents goes missing. The parents don't know it, but he has been kidnapped. The kidnappers sell him to an orphanage run by a Non Governmental Organization or NGO. The NGO, though an intermediary, "sells" the boy to a wealthy American couple who are only too happy to pay generous facilitation fees despite suspecting...

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Who's watching the watchmen?

Posted by Sukumar Ranganathan at 
A lot of people are, according to news reports from Reuters and the New York Times . The $55.7 million in tickets sold over the first three days, the movie became the biggest (so far, and in terms of openings) for the year, and combined with overseas revenue of $27.5 million in the same time, the movie does look like turning a profit for Warner Bros...

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Fill in the blanks

Posted by Sukumar Ranganathan at 
At least two recent stories that are still playing out can provide source matter for this simple exercise which should serve as a lesson for anyone looking for private equity money. Enjoy ____________ (PROPER NOUN1) was a smart entrepreneur with a great idea for ______________ (PHRASE). In _____________(YEAR), ____ (PRONOUN) founded ________________...

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