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...fare ranges from Parisian-style dishes, such as terrine of foie gras or entrec?te, to classic Wiener schnitzel?which are pounded flat and nearly as large as a baseball glove. The wine list offers a broad international selection. On a really good expense account? Try the 1985 Ch?teau Mouton Rothschild 1st Cru Class for a mere...
Whatever the film's merits as a reliable account of recent history, for months to come pollsters and political consultants will be analyzing and focus grouping the viewer/voter response to Fahrenheit 9/11, struggling to measure its real impact on their thinking (and voting). But the R-rated film has taken the first important step toward being a political weapon of consequence by becoming an indisputable box-office phenomenon. In its first weekend, it torpedoed all predictions and earned $23.9 million, instantly passing Moore's Bowling for Columbine as the all-time top-grossing documentary (excluding IMAX spectacles). Fahrenheit 9/11 last...
...Control and Prevention (CDC), mostly as a result of continued human infiltration of Mother Nature's turf. Carried by a parasitic tick on mice, deer and household pets, the disease has spread to 43 of the 48 contiguous states--although 12 states in the Northeast and northern Midwest still account for 95% of reported cases. (Reported cases, however, may represent only a tenth of the total number of cases, according...
...ultra-hard-core Army Ranger unit in Afghanistan's Shah-e-Kot Valley, as well as a surprisingly thoughtful meditation on the philosophy of combat. Next month General Tommy Franks will release American Soldier (HarperCollins; 352 pages), which is said to be a colorful and at times unsparing account of his stint overseeing American and coalition forces in Afghanistan and Iraq. The publisher is printing a million copies...
...Hewlett-Packard's experience with forecasting monthly sales. A few years back, HP commissioned Charles Plott, an economist from the California Institute of Technology, to set up a software trading platform. A few dozen employees, mostly product and finance managers, were each given about $50 in a trading account to bet on what they thought computer sales would be at the end of the month. If a salesman thought the company would sell between, say, $201 million and $210 million worth, he could buy a security--like a futures contract--for that prediction, signaling to the rest of the market...