Word: cave
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...been a monster few months, what with all the meetings he's been taking. Winkler has talked to Brillstein-Grey, the producers of The Sopranos, about creating a television show; hung with Ron Howard in the Grinch's cave on the set of How the Grinch Stole Christmas; and listened to a pitch from some folks at Universal who are interested in having him make a film based on his characters. Also, Adam Sandler just slipped him a small role in his next picture. How did Winkler, a struggling 35-year-old freelance animator, get here? One word: doodie...
...surprise bid set up a clash of Strip titans and stunned gaming-industry observers. Steve Wynn cave to Kirk Kerkorian? No way. Besides, Nevada law frowns on unfriendly corporate takeovers--and even a Kerkorian insider admits, "Wynn has a grade-A defense." Perhaps to get around that, MGM Grand called its offer friendly, at least for now. Still, Kerkorian takes no for an answer only in exchange for a hefty profit. In 1996 he scrapped a run at Chrysler after his stock in the carmaker reportedly doubled in value to nearly $3 billion. (Kerkorian currently owns about 5% of DaimlerChrysler...
...towners with a yen to explore will not be idle. Within an hour's drive: the Sundance resort and cultural center, the caverns of Timpanogos Cave National Monument, the vintage coaches of the Heber Valley Railroad and the Mormon historic sites of Salt Lake City...
Plato's lonely quest for the truth involves some tricky time traveling that takes him back to London during the Mouldwarp era. (Those familiar with Plato's Republic will note with interest that the destination of this journey is a vast cave.) The tales Plato tells on his return do not sit well with the governing authorities, and Plato meets a Socratic fate, put on trial for corrupting the young. By this point, Ackroyd's lively tale has shaded into an invigorating meditation on the changelessness, after no matter how many eons, of human nature and its uneasiness with...
...should emerge from your Y2K bunker as your father did from his bomb shelter after the Cuban missile crisis and as your forefather did from his cave when the first eclipse passed. Like them, you should celebrate. You should celebrate longer and harder than your neighbors who danced and drank while you tested your flashlights. You should celebrate that it's no miracle that the world didn't end because of a few zeroes. That it's no miracle we can still control the myriad intricate systems we have built. That it's no miracle that our global interconnectedness makes...