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...resigned from the merged firm within a year, he would receive a lump-sum payment--worth a previously agreed-to $14 million--within 10 days of his departure. When he left, he also received $1.6 million as part of a loan-forgiveness plan. After the merger, his employment contract was not renegotiated to entice him to stay...
Visiting Kamchatka is best done through a guided, organized trip, with a translator and fixers to deal with glitches. Many U.S. outfits contract out to locals, but it is cheaper to avoid the middleman. With Lost World, we paid $1,890 each (not counting airfare) for 14 days--food, transportation and four hotel nights included. But prices vary depending on where you go and how many people are in the group. Lost World's website is at kamchatkapeninsula.com For cruises, try the Clipper Cruise Line, based in St. Louis, Mo. clippercruise.com) One worthy nonprofit, the Wild Salmon Center of Portland...
Despite the current momentum, legislation to restrict junk food has faltered at the state level. But reforms are taking off in individual districts like Los Angeles, which voted in August to ban sodas by 2004, and Philadelphia, which rejected a $43 million exclusive contract with Coca-Cola...
Though Jackson's contract dictates that each film be no longer than 2 hr. 20 min., New Line agreed to a nearly 3-hr. running time for Fellowship. "The question was, How good is the movie?" says Lynne. "We all thought it was incredible." That's not to say that New Line and Jackson haven't had some strong disagreements. One of the most memorable battles was over the ending of Fellowship; New Line executives wanted a more action-packed finale. "But I don't think we ever got into a screaming contest," says Shaye...
...Pentagon has been grappling with for some time: Three years ago, the Defense Department told Congress the biggest threat to its cargo planes were shoulder-fired surface-to-air missiles like the ones fired in Mombassa. Three months ago, on August 27, the Pentagon awarded a $23 million contract to outfit four Air Force C-17 cargo planes with sophisticated equipment to protect them from Stingers, SA-7s and other portable missiles favored by terrorists. "That's more than $5 million per plane," an Air Force officer said this week. "Once the first U.S. commercial airliner is shot down...