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...McCain chose Sarah Palin as his running mate, the Alaska Governor has become a web phenomenon, generating torrents of YouTube hype and interactive web applications from the Sarah Palin Baby Name Generator to the latest: PalinAsPresident. It's a picture of the self-professed Caribou Barbie behind a cluttered desk in the Oval Office; its contents - from a ringing red telephone to a closet full of "secrets" - animate when clicked...
Roll up the windows, and you can see oil derricks working on the White House lawn. But click on the center of the desk and you get the most worrisome response from the Governor: "Oh, here are the nukular codes." Just don't answer the ringing phone...
...snacks. To encourage alertness the next morning, there's a blue light in the shower, which sends a signal through a receptor in your eye to signal wakefulness; if that doesn't do the trick, there's also a eucalyptus shower fizzer. Still groggy? The light box over the desk helps re-energize you in 20 minutes and the special morning breakfast menu offers invigorating tea and high protein smoothies. To reserve, call the hotel and request the Concept Room. 320 North Dearborn Street...
...about an idea like plumbing in the 1920s,” she said. “Who wants to see a movie about plumbing in the 1920s?” Snider’s instincts proved right on the money when a screenplay about a racehorse landed on her desk back in 2002. “It was a movie that had a lot of external disabilities—period, sports, the Depression, horse racing, no single star, an ensemble piece—and my colleagues appreciated the quality of the script, but were unsure about the investment. That...
Reaching across his desk, Simons points to a small model of the buffoonish cartoon character Homer Simpson. “Homer’s there just to remind me to keep it real,” he says...