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...That's a tall order, especially in the post dot-com bust. The company's performance has been dogged by its $17.1 billion in debt from all those acquisitions, and by questions familiar to many big media conglomerates these days: How do you really evaluate such complex entities? Vivendi's holdings are more disparate than most; they include the water company, a movie studio, a telecom provider and a book publisher. While the company is by some measures outperforming its competitors (the company reported 17 percent revenue growth last quarter, compared with 7 percent growth...
...Yorkers were almost scarily polite. That's not entirely the case anymore; people scream at each other in the streets more now, but still, something has changed - a new gentility does seem to have taken hold. Conspicuous consumption is so 2000, and not just because the dot-com bust means nobody has the resources to consume conspicuously anymore. Nationwide, as a mini-baby boomlet of children conceived last fall hits full stride, we're reminded that we are still hopeful for the future...
...chalet features a private terrace, the finest linens and a huge bathroom with sauna. Blanket Bay's five-course dinners include such native specialties as venison medallions and scallops from the Tasman Sea. And the all- New Zealand wine list features delicious reds from Central Otago. Visit blanketbay. com for more information...
John Woo's film concentrates on a non-com, Joe Enders (Nicolas Cage), a Marine ordered to guard one of the code talkers, Ben Yahzee (Adam Beach). Joe is to protect the Navajo if possible, to kill him if it looks as if Ben will be captured by the Japanese. Joe, however, is a bit shell-shocked, or as we now say, suffering post-traumatic stress syndrome. He has followed orders before, and, as a result, is the sole, death-haunted survivor of a unit he led into an ambush. He resolves not to become too close...
Cowgill says neighboring Palo Alto is not a college town—catering to the young dot-com entrepreneurs and access is limited unless you have...