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...weeks, months or years. "There's no way of knowing if and when (it could recur)," says Smith, who adds that, as with many disorders, stress probably plays a role. In a campaign where age and vitality are sure to be issues, Latham will square off against the fitness-conscious 65-year-old Prime Minister without, perhaps, the edge he felt before this latest glimpse of his own vulnerability...
...changed since the 2002 opening ceremony in Salt Lake City, when many countries carried the Stars and Stripes along with their own flags. There was none of that this time, though the negative reaction U.S. athletes were prepared to expect hasn't surfaced either. "Coming in here, I was conscious of the possible dirty looks," said U.S. hammer thrower Jackie Jeschelnig in the Olympic Village, "but honestly, I haven't seen them." In fact, the U.S. delegation received one of the loudest roars of the evening, U.S. politics having been given the night off. But Iraq--whose soccer team shocked...
...MindShare figures that what works best is keeping its clients' messages subtle. The advertisers, Unilever and Sears, will share in the profits, and they get a preferred position in commercial spots and a certain amount of product placement within the show. "We made a conscious decision not to be too aggressive about product placement because we don't want viewers to feel the show is overcommercialized," says Tortorici. If The Days goes into syndication, MindShare and its partners make the lion's share of the profits. While ABC stands to make less, it carries no risk--and the network gets...
...make eating less more interesting? By serving menu items in unusual increments. Looking to appeal to diet-conscious diners, restaurants are jumping on the new trend. In New York City, at Pinch, pizza is sold not by the slice but by the inch, while the restaurant Cru provides wine by the half glass. And the Post House offers spoonfuls of strawberry shortcake and banana-cream pie for people who want a lighter dessert after a steak-house-size meal. At the Meritage restaurant in the Boston Harbor Hotel, guests can order just a spoonful of entrees like flash-fried Nantucket...
...began rehearsals for this wondrous musical, I became acutely and painfully aware that I was hopelessly out of my depth. Every day I became more self-conscious and therefore worse. I knew how to belt out a song and win over an audience, and I think I had a certain gumption that came from all the early experience. I felt that deep down inside I had the ability to play the role if someone would help...