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n action.4. Who was Lenny Burton? How did Edward Burton get to know him? Lenny Burton was a bridge player. Edward Burton used to play bridge with him.5. What was Edward Burton39。lite who treks each year to the Swiss Alpine town of Davos for the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum.4. What are the issues discussed at the World Economic Forum? The issues include everything from postelection Iraq and HIV in Africa to the global supply of oil and the implications of nanotechnology.5. What belief do most Davos men and women share? They all believe that globalization, the unimpeded flows of capital, labor and technology across national borders, is both wele and unstoppable. They see the world increasingly as one vast, interconnected marketplace in which corporations search for the most advantageous locations to buy, produce and sell their goods and services.6. What does Professor Samuel Huntington think of Davos Man? He describes Davos Man as an emerging global superspecies and a threat.7. Did global trade exist in the past? What did people doing global trade think of it then? Yes, global trade has been around for centuries. In the past, the corporations and countries that benefited from global trade were largely content to treat vast parts of the world as places to mine natural resources or sell finished products.8. What is Goldman Sachs39。s jet on a day when Minnesota was hit with one of the worst snowstorms in years and the international airport there was closed for the first time in decades.11. Why was Curt Carlson so happy when they were taxiing down the runway? Because there were no tracks left in the snow, which means he was the first person to take off from there.12. What point does the writer want to make by talking about his mentor, Curt Carlson? Carlson was excited about being first, which is exactly what the writer remends to job applicants.Unit 41. Why does William Browder say that national identity makes no difference for him? Because he feels he is pletely international. 2. What does William Browder mean by saying If you have four good friends and you like what you are doing, it doesn39。s third suggestion mainly concerned with? Believing in yourself, even when no one else does.8. Why does the writer talk about the cabs in New York when he gives his fourth suggestion? Because he will mention a cabdriver who is different.9. What was it about the cabdriver that particularly impressed the writer? His efforts to make a difference.10. What made the writer travel with his mentor Curt Carlson in Carlson39。s answers? This applicant was ill prepared for the job he was applying for and therefore ill qualified.4. What is the first suggestion the writer gives to job applicants? Prepare to win.5. What changes have taken place with employees since the writer39。s eyelids close for a certain length of