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Seven hours later, 25 demonstrators flash signs that include MCAULIFFE--CORPORATE PIMP. They're chanting "Shame on you" as the high rollers limo in. It's enough of a commotion that no one sees three nattily attired youngsters approach the door. That would be Mark and comrades Juliette Beck, 29, and Alli Starr, 32. With them is another youngster, Doris (Granny D) Haddock, 90, who walked clear across the country last year in the name of campaign reform. All four get flagged, but three scam their way in. Dan Quayle Dad then flashes his press pass; Starr hooks...
...gang decides not to shout obscenities or throw food, because they'll be dragged out by their ears and dismissed as kooks. Mark will try to corner McAuliffe; Starr and Beck will leaflet and try gentle persuasion. But Granny gets to McAuliffe before Mark can and says, "Soft money...
...risk it all by overhauling the swing that had brought him to this summit. He told his coach he wanted to make serious changes in the way he struck the ball. The history of such efforts is not auspicious. Some fine golfers--Ian Baker-Finch, Seve Ballesteros, Chip Beck--have revamped their swing and never returned to their earlier glory. What was Woods thinking...
...time when most designers are stressing the sexy, Ben Beck is focusing on the smart. An industrial designer for (Eleven), the Boston-based firm he co-founded, Beck uses design to make products simpler. They may not be quite as racy looking as an iMac or a Beetle, but his sometimes colorful, mostly plastic and almost always sleek creations revive the notion that form should follow function. "Just by looking at something, you should know how it works," he says. "We're stating the obvious all the time." His birdcage, for instance, has a clear plastic front and back...
...Beck, 40, the son of interior designer Dale Beck and George Beck, who designed the first portable TV for G.E. in the '50s, studied at the Rhode Island School of Design and opened (Eleven) four years ago. The boutique firm won three Industrial Design Excellence Awards last year, including one for a hanging cap rack that neatly holds the hats by the little buttons on top. Beck's firm also creates its own line of products, which includes a surprising amount of pet items, from a retractable leash with a flashlight to a covered Kitty Litter box. Says Beck...