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...Memphis, after a concert in 1976. Springsteen and a couple of pals made a midnight pilgrimage out to Graceland, where rock's first real King still dwelled. Outside those gates, a certain madness took hold. The Boss wanted to meet Elvis, and he made a sudden, sprung-loose, solo commando raid on the sacred fortress. He was grabbed and turned back, and it was then, as he still likes to tell it, that he cashed in all his chips. "I'm Bruce Springsteen!" he yelled. "I was on the cover of TIME! The cover of Newsweek! I got an album...
...minor change, but no one treats it that way, least of all Chung, a hard-nosed, detail-oriented boss with a penchant for micromanagement. ("He still makes the decision on how big a Christmas tree to put in the lobby," quips a former Hyundai executive.) After eyeballing the gizmo from several angles, Chung demands, "Is this enough?" Finally, he nods his O.K. but reminds his execs, "We can't allow any defects to damage our cars...
...January. And in South Korea, he expanded R&D headquarters, adding a new design center complete with a 3-D cinema for viewing virtual models. Lee says Chung visited his office recently and asked, "Do you have enough money?" With a wry smile, Lee says he told his boss he didn't. Chung immediately offered several hundred million dollars...
...listened to her story, reviewed her file, sensed her resolve and agreed to loan her the cost of the house. "You just have to persevere and be brave," Leo, who is still paying off her mortgage, says today. "If people tell you that you can't see the boss, don't listen to them. You've got to be determined." Getting ahead is no easy task in Africa. It takes a plan, purpose and sometimes a streak of stubbornness. Those qualities are all present in the campaign to help end poverty in Africa that you've heard so much about...
...term U.S. Representative from Texas' 10th District, beloved for his wry wit (he passed out plastic pickles on the campaign trail), ready handshake and ability to remember the name of every constituent he met; in Austin, Texas. A former aide to Lyndon B. Johnson who was elected to his boss's old congressional seat in 1963, Pickle helped legislate major reforms to Social Security, pension...