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DIED. BERTRAND GOLDBERG, 84, bold architect who redefined Chicago's skyline in the 1960s with the corncob-shaped towers of Marina City; in Chicago...
...Peace Prize. Richard Gere pioneered the full religiopolitical embrace years ago, but he may have found a successor in Adam Yauch, 33, singer for the punk-rap group the Beastie Boys. Not only has Yauch guided his famously irreverent band into songs like Bodhisattva Oath; he is also primary architect of two Tibetan Freedom Concert benefits that became instant touchstones for a Gen X phenomenon quickly dubbed Tibet Chic. Like the new movies, the concerts' first concern was political but they too opened with that signature chanting, and Yauch, a convert, made sure spiritual seekers could find low-key "monastery...
...office, his style is faded jeans, cowboy boots and turquoise jewelry. "Our personality is to be very loose. We aren't stuffed- shirt people," he says. His colleagues know him better. "Don't fall for that 'Aw shucks' stuff," says John Sidgmore, WorldCom's cerebral vice chairman and the architect of its strategy for dominating access to the Internet. "Bernie's extremely street smart. Most of all, he has a vision for the company. He's extremely aggressive and simply wants to build the biggest company in the industry...
...whimsical gent who buried 10 baby blue Cadillacs on end near Amarillo, Texas, and to New Age purveyors of what he accurately calls hooey in Sedona, Ariz. For the refried Spanish architecture mandatory in the tonier quarter of Santa Fe, N.M., he borrows a glorious slur from an exasperated architect that the regional hothead Edward Abbey could have said more noisily but not better: Taco Deco...
...official. Boasting soporific couches, opulent classrooms and a well-placed coffee nook, the Barker Center is a success. A crafty architect and an $11 billion endowment has moved us into the 21st century without destroying our cultural integrity...