Last week, I met with two veterans of Silicon Valley: Al Lieb and Jim Benton.

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Chief Executive Dave Lieb, who plans to hire as many as 10 for next summer.

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Lieb tells us that it's picked up some notable user stats since the app's debut in July last year.

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Lieb is DLC head and an Al From guy, just like Clinton, and he's gone places in centrism that Gore hasn't dreamed about yet.

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Then, with a mischievous glint in her eye, she demands that a beer-chugging contest take place between Brandon, her publicist SaraJane Lieb, and me.

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Whether or not I beat Lieb remains a point of contention.

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The factory-owned dealership brought out chairman of the Daimler AG board of Dieter Zetsche, who spoke to journalists earlier in the day and Mercedes-Benz USA president Ernst Lieb who also made remarks.

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David A. Lieb in Jefferson City, Mo.

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Mercedes head Ernst Lieb, Automotive News publisher Keith Crain, racing legend Stirling Moss and Edsel and young Henry Ford all feasted on roast quail and filet mignon, as did about 200 other VIP owners, dealers and journalists who packed the dining room overlooking the beach.

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