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...Miguel watched from a distance as his son was ushered into the American Dream. Congressmen like Dan Burton flew to Miami to meet him and report to the waiting media circus that they had discussed every Yankee virtue from the Federalist papers to 401(k)s. Elian went to Disney World, hugged Barney, celebrated his sixth birthday with the gift of a toy gun. He fell in love with chocolate milk; a Florida cousin who visits regularly told TIME that whenever Elian's cousin Marisleysis poured him a glass, she made a point of adding that "Fidel Castro...
Access to the Windows desktop was another weapon in Microsoft's war with Netscape. Microsoft wanted to persuade leading Internet content providers--including the Disney, Intuit and National Geographic websites--to side with Explorer. Microsoft offered them a deal. If they promoted and distributed Explorer--and not Netscape's Navigator--their sites would be listed on the Windows desktop. That would give them free access to millions of Windows users, an invaluable source of traffic for a fledgling site. All this leveraging proved highly effective: Netscape's share of the browser market plunged from 80% in 1996 to 30% today...
...Thoreau, forced to the outskirts of civilization. But who could have predicted that the Midwest would be such a trendy vacation destination these days? I feel like a boob for ever mocking it. If you're looking for a hotspot, try the Wisconsin Dells-a budget-friendly Disney World with miles upon miles of lined-up attractions. Want to be a care-free kid again? In one afternoon, you can hit Ripley's Believe it or Not, The Dungeon of Tortures, The Rock Star Wax Museum, Clown Heaven and Robot World all for about $20. It's all about cross...
...pyramid wasn't the only thing not working in Atlanta. Shortly after the run was finished, Disney's theatrical honchos fired the director, choreographer and design team and set out to do a major retooling. After two big Broadway successes, the entertainment giant seemed on the verge of its first stage pratfall. Not everybody on the Great White Way was prepared to shed tears...
...sure, this is unmistakably a Disney product, mounted and mass-audience-tested like a theme-park ride. The opera's tragic story--about an Egyptian captain, Radames, and his forbidden love for the slave princess Aida--has been put through the studio's familiar food processor. Each of the main characters clashes with an authoritarian father; Aida is a feisty, headstrong heroine in the line of Mulan and Pocahontas; the bad guys dress in fascistic black trench coats. (And while the Nubian slaves are mostly African Americans, the Egyptians seem to have acquired a blond gene.) Those Disney magicians have...