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...internet connection in every seat Take a Hike Destinations to restore your sense of wonder in existence, and a full restoration in 1999 should keep it in good health for many years to come. Cars trot along this centenarian at a stately 16 km/h. Kingda Ka New Jersey This brand-new superstar from the U.S. theme park chain Six Flags claimed the roller coaster triple crown when it opened earlier this year, notching up the fastest speed (205 km/h), the tallest ride (139 m), and the big-gest drop (127 m). Numbers don't lie. Gravity Max Taichung, Taiwan Located...
...condoms. Those of us who promote condoms are looked at as immoral people." The Ugandan government says that's nonsense. The Ministry of Health asserts the condom shortage resulted from the discovery last year of a bad batch of Engabu condoms from China; it's the brand the government gives away and accounts for around two-thirds of the 120 million used in the country each year. The recall last October means that since then, just under 30 million condoms, one-quarter the usual number, have been distributed for free. But the government says that some 150 million replacements...
...expand their billion-dollar media empire: hire more twins. The Olsens' company, Dualstar Entertainment, has entered a licensing agreement with child actors DYLAN and COLE SPROUSE, both 13, who currently star in their own show on the Disney Channel and also appeared on the sitcom Friends. The new brand, D.C. Sprouse, hangs on the twins' cuteness and likability and will include DVD movies, CDs, clothing, sports gear and video games to appeal to the tween-boy audience. "They're real boy boys," says an Olsen rep of the Sprouses. "They like skating, sports, all of that...
Lacoste's popularity at the Open--the elegant croc outcooled the oversized pony of official sponsor Polo in straight sets--was emblematic of the brand's astonishing turnaround over the past three years under the tutelage of Robert Siegel, who took over the company as a project for his retirement--or perhaps to avoid it. A self-proclaimed clotheshorse, Siegel had made a name for himself during his 29-year career at Levi Strauss, where he launched the hugely successful Dockers brand in 1986. Siegel left Levi's to run Stride Rite, then headed south to Charleston, S.C., to contemplate...
Like many other Americans, Siegel remembered a time when the ubiquitous French amphibian adorned the chests of the country-club set. Now, by developing hipper clothes and raising quality, he launched a Stateside comeback for a brand that was considered to be dead in the Atlantic. "To head Lacoste was a dream come true," Siegel says. "The brand is so powerful because of its heritage...