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That will be music to Andy Grove's ears. Grove, CEO of microchip colossus Intel, has a clear aim in partnering with CAA on the media lab: plant the "content community" with seed capital and hope like hell something grows. His $16 billion company is ramping up production capacity to the tune of $3.5 billion a year. But how exactly, Grove wonders, is Intel going to persuade people to drop another $3,000 each time a new, extra-ultra-powerful PC gets invented, instead of sticking with last year's merely ultra-powerful model? "You can't push 100 million...
...about $21 billion for the 80% of MCI it does not already own. The merged company, to be called Concert, taking the name of a joint venture between the two, would have $42 billion in revenues and match AT&T in market value. The new colossus, boasts MCI chairman Bert Roberts, "will trump the competition as we open up communications markets both domestically and around the world...
...toughest task that the Crimson faces is a psychological one. Harvard hasn't really played a good game all year, while the Colossus of College Park certainly has. Consequently, it will be very easy for the Harvard players to become emotionally defeated this afternoon--especially if Maryland gets off to a quick lead...
Scaring Off the Competition. On the campaign front, Clinton is the colossus of the Democratic Party. The White House frightened off any potential rivals with a scorched-earth fund-raising policy. Terry McAuliffe, the Clinton-Gore campaign finance chairman, has broken all records, collecting $26.8 million in eight months last year. Throw in an additional $11 million in matching funds, and McAuliffe's job was virtually done before 1996 even began...
THERE IT STANDS, THE FAMILIAR colossus, atop most lists of all-time greatest movies. And aside from the breadth and wit of the thing, its brooding on the very American subjects of power and celebrity, there is a reason why Citizen Kane is often named the world's best film: because it wants to be. Critics and audiences still respond to its eagerness to create a unique world and to be recognized for this grand achievement. The film both pants for approval and demands to be approached in awe. Glowing with boyish brazenness, Kane is an inspiration...