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...gold medallist, Frenchwoman Carole Montillet, was all but ignored by the American media, despite having the ride of her life down Snow Basin's Wildflower course. Montillet's victory was a great story - before claiming Olympic gold, the 28-year-old had never won a world-class downhill race in her life. She thrashed the competition by 45 hundredths of a second, an eternity in Alpine skiing...
...said that his luckiest break was joining the band and his second luckiest was leaving it. And he said once, "Being a Beatle was a nightmare, a horror story. I don't even like to think about it." He never really looked comfortable in his tight suit and pudding-basin haircut, not even in the fun-fest A Hard Day's Night, and in this he was perhaps the most honest Beatle, the one least convincing when wearing the mask. The standard line is that George Harrison was an enigma, but perhaps he was transparent: a terrific guitarist, a fine...
...said that his luckiest break was joining the band and his second luckiest was leaving it. And he said once, "Being a Beatle was a nightmare, a horror story. I don't even like to think about it." He never really looked comfortable in his tight suit and pudding-basin haircut, not even in the fun-fest A Hard Day's Night, and in this he was perhaps the most honest Beatle, the one least convincing when wearing the mask. The standard line is that George Harrison was an enigma, but perhaps he was transparent: a terrific guitarist, a fine...
...garment industry could use more companies like Charney's. Some 33,000 apparel jobs were lost last year as manufacturers, taking advantage of NAFTA, continued to move south of the border. Last fall the government eliminated tariffs for apparel made with U.S. fabric from 24 Caribbean basin nations, spurring more U.S. job losses. The industry's economics are so unforgiving that underwear giant Fruit of the Loom sought bankruptcy protection in 1999 and still hasn't emerged...
...internet has long been viewed with suspicion by the often insular business and government elites of the Caribbean Basin. It was just one more way, they grumbled, to get trampled by the global economy. But bold investors are finding opportunity in that angst. This year, more than 5,000 miles of undersea fiber-optic cable is being laid from Miami to the Yucatan to the Bahamas, wiring 15 countries and islands. The $450 million venture is led by a firm based in Miami and Bermuda, aptly called New World Network. "It makes sense for us precisely because the Caribbean...