They are a "bunch of really positive, really goal-oriented people, " he says.

WSJ: Sit Up Straight, and Other Advice From Big Mother

Even more important than electing Americans to the ICANN board is electing people who understand the needs of 'Net-oriented businesses, she adds.

CNN: Domain group lacking strong U.S. presence

"It's my therapy, " he sighs, and a welcome escape from his intensely people-oriented job as the owner of a corporate speech-coaching firm with 15 employees.

FORBES: A Star Is Born

Police arrested the owner of the building and three proprietors of export-oriented garment factories, alleging that they compelled people to work in the building despite it developing visible cracks a day before the tragedy.

BBC: Bangladesh 'death toll rising'

So far, it's at tech-oriented conferences like this where people are most aware of the "backchannel, " or the real-time electronic chit-chat going on about presentations as they occur.

CNN: Social anxiety, meet social networking

They are directly protecting millions of Americans from the ravages of the financial services juggernaut, which keeps on fleecing people through risky yield-oriented vehicles, structured products and 401(k) plans loaded with middlemen fees.

FORBES: Senior 'Specialists' Often Swindlers

The social-oriented interface looks seriously tricked out with faces (hopefully of people the user knows) moving in and out in three dimensions -- usability is an open question, but at least it's pretty to stare at, which is really what a good phone's all about anyway, right?

ENGADGET: LiMo Foundation could be close to bearing fruit for Samsung, Vodafone in a big way

In May he joined with Apollo 17 Commander Gene Cernan, the last man to walk on the moon, to support the opening of a new National Flight Academy that will teach math and science to young people through an aviation-oriented camp.

FORBES: Neil Armstrong's Immortal Footprint

To a large part, the success of airlines, hotels and restaurants, retailers, and other service-oriented categories is dependent on the people on the front lines.

FORBES: What Brands Can Learn From Pan Am--The Airline And The Show

These people were trapped in a time -- a present-oriented time zone in which you never think of the future, you never think of the past.

CNN: Researcher: It's not bad apples, it's the barrel

What people like: the right mix of confidence and humility, along with the perception of James and Manning as team-oriented players who place winning above individual stats.

FORBES