In Wolk's vision of the near future, cable companies will focus on using tablets that act as remote controls and TV guide replacements with baked-in second screen experiences.

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Born in the Riverdale section of the Bronx, Wolk is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania Law School who worked as a commercial lawyer in the New York area for years and, more recently, as a general counsel in the life settlements business.

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"No matter how perfect your pet comes out, there can still be something wrong, " said Wolk, who owns Little Creek Taxidermy in Festus, Mo.

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Before Wolk got involved, the minority shareholders of a company Lee founded in the 1990s had for a long time unsuccessfully litigated over these characters, but Wolk has not been dissuaded.

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Wolk Gallery, a sunny, prominent storefront space in St.

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"We expect Google to build share quickly by attracting many of the 28% of Internet users that do not rely on Microsoft's Internet Explorer, " Marianne Wolk, an analyst with Susquehanna Financial Group, wrote in a note to investors Wednesday.

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"In terms of technology, the Concorde was almost unbelievable--particularly when it debuted in the '60s, " says aviation industry attorney Arthur Alan Wolk.

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Wolk is not a shareholder of Stan Lee Media, which spent the years 2001 to 2006 in bankruptcy court, nor is he a lawyer in the case.

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Wolk goes so far as to suggest that cable providers will focus on making tablets their main hardware presence in the living room instead of leaning on set-top boxes.

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