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I heard a story recently about a friend’s former boss. When underlings would go into this person’s office to discuss something like a pay raise or promotion, the boss had a habit of greeting their request with silence. Quiet, tense seconds ticked slowly by, and the joke among the staffers was that they’d often leave having instead volunteered to take a pay cut or demotion — anything to end the excruciating silence.

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Share Read Later Count Michael Karolyi, living in London while his wife tours the U. S. to "make a little money," scion of one of Hungary's most ancient and famous families, the man who early in 1918 took the oath of allegiance to Emperor Karl and later, in the same year, proclaimed Hungary a republic with himself as first President, who, allegedly, "sold" the country to the Bolsheviki in 1919 and who is probably the most hated man in Hungary, once more entered the legal lists to recover his confiscated property.

“It’s vanished,” the sonographer said. He had checked the ultrasound several times and was certain of his assessment. My husband and I craned forward to examine the ghostly shadows on the screen, the black hollows, like eyes, surrounded by swathes of gray. It felt like we were watching a film noir. The jelly felt cold on my stomach. “What do you mean, vanished?” Last time I had lain in this room, at my eight-week scan, there had been two bean-shaped babies on the scan, two heartbeats inside me, pulsing with life.

Ice Cube has a close personal connection to Straight Outta Compton, and not just because the hip-hop biopic chronicles his time with the pioneering rap group N.W.A.—the actor playing him is his very own son. But Cube is quick to point out that this is no case of nepotism. Not only did O’Shea Jackson Jr. have to win over the filmmakers with an audition like every other actor in the film, he also had to overcome his father’s skepticism.

The film, a collaboration with FilmOne Entertainment, has been hailed for its stellar acting, catchy soundtrack, and unique storyline, solidifying its position as a contender for the highest-grossing Nollywood film of 2024. Social media has been abuzz with positive reactions from viewers, further cementing the film's success. Box office analysts predict the film could surpass the ₦100 million mark in the coming days. Inkblot's 'Muri & Ko' rakes in over ₦66m following opening weekend Pulse Nigeria ADVERTISEMENT

Set back from a dusty highway in South India, three newly completed factory buildings rise up behind a black spiked iron fence. In their shadow, several yellow construction vehicles sit beside mounds of upturned soil and the skeleton of a half-built warehouse. On a May afternoon this year, a group of women in blue and pink uniforms hurried from one building to another over the din of traffic and construction. This factory complex in Sriperumbudur, an industrial town in Tamil Nadu state, is one of Apple’s most important iPhone assembly hubs outside of China.

If the Tokyo Olympics aren’t enough reason to plan a trip to Japan this summer, Japan Airlines has an offer that could sweeten the deal—free tickets to a surprise destination in the country for 50,000 lucky travelers. To encourage visitors to travel more widely within Japan, the airline is giving away free round-trip tickets for flights within Japan to foreign tourists this summer. There are a few requirements: Travelers must fly to Japan on Japan Airlines between July 1 and Sept.

November 23, 2014 10:01 AM EST If the Internet in 1996 wasn’t already slow and limping thanks to dial-up, Jennifer Aniston probably would have #BrokenIt. Nearly 18 years before Kim “Break the Internet” Kardashian posed nude for the cover of Paper magazine and threatened to destroy the web as we know, it the Friends star posed for Rolling Stone in a cover shot that showed off her butt. “I was an original, all right?