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Simon & Schuster senior editor Bob Bender is a brave man. Unconcerned with the author's reputation, Bender's company is rejecting a book proposal from convicted Unabomber Theodore Kaczynski, according to the New York Daily News. The four-page handwritten proposal, in which Kaczynski claims his lawyers misrepresented him during his trial, arrived earlier this month. The last time Kaczynski sent out a book proposal -- for his turgid 35,000-word tract "Industrial Society and Its Future" -- he made it clear that there'd be more than checks in the mail if it wasn't published. Then again...
...brave the stacks of the Collegelibraries, go for it. The books there are free forthe taking--er--borrowing...
Besides working NFL games at CBS, Brown hosted 11 NCAA championships, the Winter Olympics, the NBA championships and the Tour de France. He also climbed Mount Kilimanjaro with the Special Olympics in the Emmy-winning program "Let Me Be Brave: A Special Climb of Mt. Kilimanjaro." Four years ago, when Fox won NFL broadcasting rights by outbidding CBS, Brown faced a tough decision. Then Fox came calling...
...businesses are rushing to tap what appears to be a market with unlimited potential. Microsoft is spurring the boom by cosponsoring, with the American Association of Retired Persons, a series of 500 free seminars around the country to introduce some 50,000 people over age 50 to the brave new world of computers and the Internet. Once online, these "newbies" are expected to start to spend real--not virtual--money...
There are plenty of risks for investors in this brave new e-world. So-called boiler-room operators who tout highly speculative or fraudulent stocks in order to unload them at a profit--pump and dump in the parlance--can reach vast audiences through chat rooms and bulletin boards. The Securities and Exchange Commission has been flashing red lights, bringing--and winning--40 complaints alleging scams against stock promoters since 1996. (The rule here: if it sounds like too much of a good deal, it probably is. The agency has a cyberspace alert on its website: www.sec.gov...