Sowell bought 30 units in 2005 but balked at a larger rollout for another year.

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They could all do worse than to use Thomas Sowell as their inspiration in that regard.

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What they probably don't know is that Sowell is also a talented amateur photographer.

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At last count Sowell had installed 5, 000 boxes, eliminating 40% of his truck fleet on Cantaloupe-streamlined routes.

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At that time, the grisly graveyard at Sowell's Cleveland home made Berry's aunt think of her lost niece.

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Thomas Sowell and others have done a brilliant job in foiling that.

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"For us and, I know, other golf companies, this time of the year is the perfect storm of opportunity, " said Brandon Sowell, Golf Pride's global marketing manager.

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Just about anything Thomas Sowell has ever written about economics.

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When a signal came from one of Sowell's machines that wasn't scheduled for service, a manager in the area swung by and nabbed a former employee pillaging the machine.

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"I hung up on them four or five times before I agreed to sit down and talk with them, " recalls John Sowell, chief executive of North County Vending in Vista, Calif.

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