Clue #1: "It was the dawn of the Third Age of mankind, ten years after the Earth-Minbari war." 1 Cuil. Solution: focus on "Third Age." An age is synonymous with an era.

Clue #2: Hearts of Space. 2 Cuils. Solution: this program plays new age music. "Age" is synonymous with "era."

Clue #3: "Whatever begins, also ends." 3 Cuils. Solution: this refers to anything that takes time, or to the passage of time; derive "era" from this.

Clue #4: Aborigines, Greeks, Hungarians, Brits, Americans, Chinese. 2 Cuils. Solution: the preceding cultures had major roles in each of the main "eras" of human existence: the (ancient) era, the classical era, the medieval era, the steam era, the modern era, and the information era.

The Boss made a big mistake that cost him the game: not spending any of his Firing Points when he had the chance. The Boss could have shut down the bazaar several times, putting a huge stopper on the team's spending spree. Instead, the team was lucky enough to have a Miracle that removed all of his FP (twice), and the Boss was unable to purchase anything from the Boss Bazaar.

Also, the Boss should have fired shrutibax and princess2007 when he had the chance to after Round 3. At that point, neither of them had Employment Insurance or any special items.

Future Bosses would be wise to use their Firing Points, and to eliminate threats early.

The employee team had a heyday at the bazaar. This was augmented by several Miracles that miraculously went in their favor in this direct way. One of the Miracles reduced the price of every item by 25% rounded to the nearest point. Two more removed every FP from the Boss. A fourth Miracle gave princess2007 seer powers under the condition she never speak of them or else be fired and disallowed from ever having them in future ASR games.

The employees SURELY would not have experienced such a market bubble if not for the Boss neglecting to spend FP. It is projected that the Boss would have won the game had he closed the shop a few times.