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Understand, the idea of Jobs returning to Apple is something akin to that of Luke Skywalker returning to fight what, until last week, cultists regarded as the evil empire. Gates, by comparison, was perceived as a dweeb Darth Vader, the billionaire bad guy who usurped the idea of the Macintosh's friendly point-and-click operating system for his now dominant Microsoft Windows...
...Apple. It would be easy to read his return--12 years after he was booted by the board--as a moment of sweet revenge. But for Jobs, who grew up idolizing the Hewlett-Packard ideal of an egalitarian workplace where ideas came before hierarchy, returning to Apple is something akin to rescuing a son before he loses himself to booze and bad company. There has been a literal deathwatch on Apple in recent weeks. It had sales of $9.8 billion last year, but revenues have dropped significantly in 1997. Losses have mounted--more than $1.5 billion over 18 months. Jobs...
...language sounds archaic, it matches the spirit of the law; such suits date back at least to 18th century common law, when wives were viewed as property, and stealing a wife was akin to cattle rustling. In this century, as women gained greater legal and financial independence, most states threw out their alienation of affection statutes; in only a few conservative states--including Missouri, Mississippi, North and South Carolina--have there been successful suits in recent years, and no verdict within memory anywhere close to last week's $1 million award. After a seven-day trial, the jury deliberated...
...real dad. Jackson, a convicted felon who is now a truck driver and born-again Christian, says he and Autumn's mother, Shawn Upshaw, had a relationship while she was a prostitute. (Upshaw "categorically denies" that she ever worked as a prostitute, says her attorney, Wanda Akin.) "We really cared about one another, and Autumn was supposed to symbolize that," Jackson told TIME. "I don't just believe I am the father. I know I am the father...
Since Elisha had just dispatched the heir apparent of the nation's seventh largest company, his attempt to avoid explaining the dismissal was akin to a man trying dodge raindrops in a downpour. Questioned persistently, he finally said Walter lacked "intellectual leadership," then paraphrased Mark Twain: "The difference between president and vice president is like the difference between lightning and a lightning bug." Within hours, Walter's attorney, Bob Barnett, was holed up with AT&T executives, negotiating a golden goodbye. Walter is owed some $25.8 million under the terms of his contract...