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...sneakers. Freshly groomed and shod, Foale was nothing if not upbeat when he talked to NASA boss Daniel Goldin, himself under heat for allowing Americans to continue working aboard the 11-year-old Mir. "The safety concerns, I think, are well met," said the 40-year-old British-born astrophysicist, "and I'm not worried...
...create a small fortune? Start with a large one. The late Pamela Harriman, British-born U.S. ambassador to France, went through money faster than husbands, and her amazing social and political skills stood in stark contrast to her investing acumen. She seems to have squandered most of the more than $100 million she inherited from her third husband, New York Governor and Ambassador W. Averell Harriman. Her estate: some $15 million to $20 million, mostly in jewelry, property...
...Horse Whisperer, a romantic yarn in which a Montana cowboy with a mystical gift for communicating with horses has a torrid affair with a British-born magazine editor from New York, caused a stir in publishing and Hollywood circles as soon as the manuscript began circulating last fall. Robert Redford and Disney ponied up $3 million for movie rights; Dell Publishing won North American book rights for $3.15 million; and foreign rights topped $2 million. And that was before Evans had even finished writing the book...
...several other young performers are adding a blue tint to their sound. Last month British-born art screecher PJ Harvey released a blues-shaded album, To Bring You My Love; Houston-born rocker Chris Whitley has just come out with the bluesy CD Din of Ecstasy; and this week Chris Thomas of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, releases his blues-rap album, 21st Century Blues from da Hood...
That both writers are British-born Americans is less notable than that both are now in their 60s, the decade when payment is due for living the lives their doctors advised against. Too many celebratory swigs and strong after-dinner cigars eventually led Sheed to seek treatment for alcoholism, depression and cancer of the tongue--a significant piece of which had to be surgically removed...