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Dalm_dad
Member
07-06-2004
| Friday, December 02, 2005 - 4:48 pm
Ketchup, I would phrase it as Rebecca is too cool! Dalm.
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Lizziedi
Member
10-05-2005
| Friday, December 02, 2005 - 6:31 pm
Enjoyed all the posts! I'm joining in, saying I'm so happy with the results. Randall is just amazing, and his calmness and professionalism and intelligence make him a sure winner. My favorite is Rebecca. She seems very smart, and has both put her integrity on the line and wisely held back when necessary. I also find her very lovely--there is something about her that seems natural and "un-made-up". Sooo--I hope they both get a position. (I also noticed her lukewarm response to the boyfriend.) My take on the handshake thing was that Trump's handshake with the guy was very perfunctory, and his handshake with the lady seemed to leave a little extra moment, for a comment or something. She ended the handshake quickly. I thought it was a mark of politeness. I've noticed that when men shake my hand, they tend to do it slower and more gently than the "guyshake".
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Fruitbat
Member
08-07-2000
| Friday, December 02, 2005 - 7:06 pm
Dalm, about the handshake. It is old school Emily Post etiquette. It was something I was taught as a young girl. I did not read it anywhere. It is like putting your knife and fork in the 3 o'clock position when finished eating and not putting your elbows on the table. It used to be that men never shook a womans hand but that changed and it has probably changed again. I doubt any woman would care these days but it appeared to me that Trump was using this rule since it would have been logical to shake the womans hand first because of her postition.
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Karen
Member
09-07-2004
| Friday, December 02, 2005 - 7:43 pm
It is like putting your knife and fork in the 3 o'clock position when finished eating... Really? I've always known the correct position to be six o'clock... Different strokes, I suppose. I've never heard the wait-for-her-to-extend-her-hand-first thing regarding the handshake. Though I did notice the man first and just assumed he was probably senior to her. That would be proper business etiquette, I suppose. Though I've always figured "who's closest?" is easiest...
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Sunrvrose
Member
08-13-2001
| Friday, December 02, 2005 - 8:52 pm
In my 20's and 30's, I was climbing the corporate ladder like crazy, and I was taught on my first job that I was to extend my hand to the men. It was considered improper for the man to extend his hand to a woman. As Fruitbat said above, prior to that time, it had been considered unacceptable for a man and woman to shake hands. Women were really just coming on in the corporate world and we changed the rules. This was in the mid-seventies. Wow 30 years. Donald and I are the same age so he would have been in that same environment. I still always extend my hand first, and have noticed that a man almost always waits for that cue to extend his. The one exception being, for instance, when the man is receiving me into his office. In that case he will usually stand and offer his hand. ETA: GO RANDAL
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Sunrvrose
Member
08-13-2001
| Friday, December 02, 2005 - 9:06 pm
Here is Randal's Bio, he does spell his name with one "L". Randal, 34, is the founder, president and CEO of his fifth venture "BCT Partners," a multi-million dollar management, technology and policy consulting firm based in Newark, N.J., that works with corporations, government agencies, philanthropic and nonprofit organizations. Born in Philadelphia and raised in Hightstown, N.J., he holds five academic degrees in engineering, business and technology including a B.S. from Rutgers University, an M.S. from the University of Oxford in England as a Rhodes Scholar, and an M.S., M.B.A. and Ph.D. from MIT. A former college championship track and field athlete, he has received numerous awards for his accomplishments as an entrepreneur and technologist including the National Society of Black Engineers "National Member of the Year." A Leadership New Jersey Fellow and Next Generation Leadership Fellow, Randal has been featured by Black Enterprise magazine and Ebony magazine in their "30 Leaders of the Future" issue. He is a proud member of First Baptist Church in Somerset, N.J., where he resides and is happily married to his wife Zahara. I wonder why he wants the job. He seems quite overqualified. One more thing: go randal !!!
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Fruitbat
Member
08-07-2000
| Saturday, December 03, 2005 - 5:14 am
Karen, yep, 3 o'clock. Sunvrose Many of these candidates are successful and make more than the salary Trump is offering. It is no mystery, to me, that they all would like to make new, bigger and more connections along with recognition. Randall wants this job because his eye is on more money, more power and more success. And good for him. I will grumble again about the promo giving it away that he will hire both of them. It would have been a great surprise. They managed to keep the multiple firings out of the promos, why ruin the ending.
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Saturday, December 03, 2005 - 9:20 am
I just finished watching Thursday's show (my only gripe with CNBC is not showing the "next on's!). A couple of comments... Trump was talking to the Microsoft man as he reached to shake his hand. So that was natural. He entered the room, said hi to her, said hi to him, shook his hand, then shook hers. I LMAO at Alla in the board room. And her expression as Trump told her to sit back down! Priceless! Then Felisha's expression as Alla was running her mouth in the cab, and claimed she could be managed. Felisha was THIS SHY of rolling her eyes!! Hehehe... I noticed Trump said "13 week job interview". Has it always been 13 weeks? If so, then he knew, in advance that he was gonna be doing multiple firings. I really hated Capital Edge's video. Too much going on, and you couldn't read the text. I also found their clothing an interesting choice. Everyone else in the room was wearing conservative black suits, and the two blondes were looking like they were going to an barbeque. I had liked Alla up to last night. I didn't like how she was condescending to Felisha, and how she did totally steamroller over her in the board room. I'm glad Trump fired her. Her ego was getting out of control, and she needed to go. She needs to be a big fish in a small pond; she'd never adjust to being an apprentice, and being a small fish in a big pond. I really like both Randal and Rebecca, and don't care which one wins. I think both have done a great job. And Rebecca has actually done great considering she's been on crutches for most of the time. WRT her reaction with the boyfriend... I think it was more awkward than anything else. She couldn't really easily move... you know, like jump into his arms. I think both R&R were in game mode and it was a bit of a shock to see their real lives suddenly appear in front of them. When you've been so immersed in a contest -- living and eating and breathing "The Apprentice" -- I think it would be hard to suddenly let your guard down that quickly.
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Eeyoreslament
Member
07-20-2003
| Saturday, December 03, 2005 - 11:12 am
Costa, I think the "13 week job interview" thing is easily something that can be done in a post-competition voiceover. I'm not sure when this show wrapped its filming, it still looks pretty summery in that episode. I wouldn't be hanging out on a boat right now in New York (I'd be shopping). Hey, I forgot to complain about something. What's with both Trump AND Martha having that stupid schooner on their shows as a reward??
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Auntiemike
Member
09-17-2001
| Saturday, December 03, 2005 - 11:27 am
Don't know the answer to your question, Eeyore, but wasn't it a beautiful site, in the harbor, clear skies, Statue of Liberty, etc. ? I loved the visual!
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Babyjaxmom
Member
10-20-2002
| Saturday, December 03, 2005 - 11:31 am
Does anyone know how long they film this show? DT keeps saying it's a "13-week interview," but if it's been 13 weeks, Rebecca's been in that cast an awful long time! And I wonder why they couldn't give her a walking cast, rather than her having to hop around on crutches. I've been on crutches for very short periods, and it's no fun and exhausting, too! Hopefully she'll be out of that cast for the finale. DH and I must have been talking through the previews for next week. What did they say that supposedly gave the ending away? Eeyore, maybe Mark Burnett got a discount on the schooner by using it in both shows? 
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Fruitbat
Member
08-07-2000
| Saturday, December 03, 2005 - 7:04 pm
The show runs 13 weeks but it is taped in a much shorter period of time. Usually a stint on cruches is 3 to 6 weeks for a broken ankle depending on the nature and severity of the break. I noticed she was standing on it during the presentation so she must close to walking cast time. The voice over, in the promo, stated another "first" next week. What else could it be? We don't really know for sure but it seems this must be it.
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Kappy
Member
06-29-2002
| Saturday, December 03, 2005 - 9:25 pm
Wow ~ I was rooting for Randall simply because he seems like such a great guy and then I read about his backbground and no wonder he's so confident without the need for a huge ego to go with it. LOVED watching both ladies be eliminated. I expected it when they first lost the competition. My first thought was "Why is Trump even bothering with the boardroom? Just fire them both now!"
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Jami
Member
10-08-2003
| Sunday, December 04, 2005 - 6:09 am
DT was on Larry King the other night. He mentioned that the next Apprentice will be done in California. He said something like, "Will eb fun to spend 6 weeks in Ca." So I assume it takes about 6 weeks to film.
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Sunday, December 04, 2005 - 10:17 am
I finally read next week's TV Guide (which I received midweek last week). And the episode for this coming Thursday clearly talks about the final 2. So had I read ahead, I'd have figured out Trump fired two last week. I think the challenges and board room run 3-4 days long. And they don't get a whole lot of time between the firings and the start of the new challenge. So it makes sense that it films in half the time it takes to air.
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Konamouse
Member
07-16-2001
| Monday, December 05, 2005 - 9:31 am
hubby & i are imagining the worst of the previously fired contestants who will make up the "employees" for the final two. maybe someone finally figures out that it's okay to "fire" someone from your team if they are hurting your project? (we imagine someone saying "you're fired" to Marcus) 'squeek'
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Babyjaxmom
Member
10-20-2002
| Monday, December 05, 2005 - 1:08 pm
Kona, DH is always, always saying, "Why don't they just 'fire' the team member who's causing them trouble???" They could just send them back to the suite. If only Kwame had done that to Omarosa!
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Monday, December 05, 2005 - 5:06 pm
LOL Kona! So Marcus gets dumped on someone and they "fire" him (or at least sideline the man) and then he starts to run his mouth off YET AGAIN about how he was portrayed! Hehehe...' Dude. If you didn't open your mouth, they wouldn't have any footage. Get it? Anyways, they've had some doozies this year. That woman that got fired the first week. What's her name, Rebecca's "friend." Marcus.
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