When he started in business the younger Mr Li's arrogance made him plenty of enemies, but he has since grown up, discovering his inner geek along with a softer style.

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He ended up purchasing the company and now has grown it enormously, has terrific employees here.

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"It feels like we don't have roots, " he says, then adds that it feels like China has "grown up so fast" over the last decade.

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Local businessman Thomas Tupper has grown up with the story of Tojo and how he came to be in Clonakilty.

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This raises the question of how he could know what he seems to know, since the 18-year-old has grown up in grinding poverty.

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"It'll be a bit like Pennsylvania, where a whole industry has grown up to deal with waste-water, " he said.

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"Ford has grown up as very independent, different Fords, " he said.

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He said the public has grown tired of the industry's aggression, putting it under pressure to clean up its act.

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But Cheney's predictably over-the-top comments reminded those same Americans that he has no peer in politicizing issues of gravity--and they made Obama look that much more grown-up by comparison.

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Still, he adds, "the overall market has grown very well the past four years, " with demand for Italian wines up 30% in 2005.

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He has been married for five years to wife Nancy, who also appeared on the show along with her two grown-up daughters from a previous marriage, Amber and Jen.

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