Ken Gutman spent 22 years at Sign-A-Rama, a West Palm Beach, Fla. franchisor of business-sign shops, climbing from store manager to chief operating officer of the 1, 300-unit chain.
Gutman got off to a good start--Sign-A-Rama (since renamed United Franchise Group) signed him to a two-year consulting deal soon after he left--but skeptics abound, especially among companies already carrying a squad of lawyers on their payroll.
The "vote-a-rama, " as it's known on Capitol Hill, typically is an annual affair each budget season.
Christopher Davidson, editor in chief of Hot Boat magazine and owner of Elvis-a-rama, has been doing just that.
Just 30 miles from the Michigan border, the lakeside town will showcase multitudes of meat during its annual Beef-a-Rama festival.
Even the culinary-challenged have a chance to compete in the Beef-a-Rama festivities.
Christopher Davidson, editor in chief of Hot Boat magazine and owner of Las Vegas-based Elvis-a-rama, has been doing just that.
To some, the feline is right up there in the gag-o-rama meter.
Harry Reid, the Majority Leader, from Nevada, had predicted that the process, known as Vote-O-Rama, would go past two in the morning, and had warned senators to stay close to the chamber.
Rama IV (1851-68) astutely played off the European powers against each other.
Rama V (1868-1910) inherited his father's diplomatic skills and encouraged the beginnings of a modern state, with good communications and an education system that eventually led to the revolt of the middle classes.
"The demand is already huge, but it's going to grow several-fold, " says Rama Velamuri, academic director of the international executive M.
Sodhi's brother Rama Sodhi says they had been warned by well-meaning customers that they should be careful.
Even Rama Yade, the junior sports minister, denounced the team for staying in a five-star hotel.
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But as Martin Rama of the World Bank points out, Vietnam has almost no middling private firms between these mom-and-pop ventures and big exporters backed by foreign investors.
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