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...challenge to our nation is to realize the enormous potential of our racial, ethnic and cultural diversity. Creating a climate in which each of us is truly comfortable with difference is not an easy task. It requires training and commitment to treat multiethnicity as the essence of our country. Burt E. Schuman, Executive Director Panel of Americans, Inc. New York City Dipping Snuff and Chewing Tobacco...
...been the flavor of the past decadeand counting. His less expensive Collection line is the top eveningwear seller at Neiman Marcus, for instance, while his higher-end shutter-pleat dress has pulled in more than $4 million in sales. Making time for his runway show: Neiman Marcus Group CEO Burt Tansky, Saks vice chairman Ron Frasch and Bergdorf Goodman CEO Jim Gold...
...Hall of Fame. No, I’m not talking about the photos of Chris Rix with Coach Bobby Bowden. Instead, Rix is inexplicably featured with the following luminaries: Mark Cuban, Michael Bolton (with a drink conspicuously Photoshopped out of Mr. Bolton’s hand), Burt Reynolds, David Robinson, Carrot Top and Deion Sanders...
...Most Amazing Inventions of 2004 The fascinating success of Burt Rutan's SpaceShipOne ["Coolest Inventions 2004," Dec. 6] opens a brilliantly lit pathway out of the gloom and disappointment in which man has been stranded since the Challenger and Columbia space-shuttle disasters. SpaceShipOne avoids using brutal force to leave Earth and re-enter the atmosphere, thereby minimizing risks to itself and its crew. SpaceShipOne works its way into space and is the most human-friendly space vehicle man has yet devised. Ashoka Weerakkody Colombo, Sri Lanka...
...With his innovative SpaceShipOne, Burt Rutan hit the ball not just out of the park but right out of the atmosphere. I was disappointed, however, that many of the creations you chose were impractical, half-baked ideas. Consider the Snow Boat, which is supposed to solve the problem of a snowmobile falling through broken ice by welding an aluminum boat around it. That's like making a safer motorcycle by carrying it in a U-Haul trailer. Admittedly, coolness is hard to define, but I never thought ridiculousness was an essential part of the concept. Dexter Ford Manhattan Beach, California...