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...always a heartening sight, even when one knows that for the N.R.A. and Philip Morris, redemption is at least as good for business as it is for the soul. Advertising, as we have learned from long experience, is an alchemical invention. If the N.R.A. and Philip Morris continue to fill TV screens and papers with their exciting promotions, it will not be long before our eagerly malleable subconsciouses associate both organizations with the polar opposite of what they really do for a living...
...What can fill a screen 81 ft. high? Gods and monsters. The success of Fantasia/2000 in IMAX theaters is cuing top directors like James Cameron to the notion that the format might accommodate longer stories and higher budgets. For now, documentary spectacles still splatter the big wall. The Jordan movie--a star chat interspersed with clips from his final NBA playoff drive--has an adoring tone and the familiar slo-mo, wide-angle baskebatics. For higher highs and cooler thrills, go Cirque. The Montreal-based art circus has finally made a film that captures the joy and awe of shows...
...FIBER FILL Who says loading up on fiber is a waste? Just weeks after reports that fiber-rich foods probably don't protect against colon cancer, a study shows that they may benefit folks with a different disease. Diabetics who eat 50g of fiber a day--equivalent to seven or eight portions of fruits and veggies--had lower and more stable glucose levels than those who barely touched the stuff. (There was another advantage: cholesterol dropped an average of 7%.) Best foods are those high in soluble fiber, such as papaya, oranges, zucchini and whole grains like oatmeal. Insulin...
...accept the people as the ultimate source of sovereignty and some government institutions, usually the legislature and courts, as the ultimate sources of authority. In the emerging global politics, however, state sovereignty and authority are withering, and no alternative, such as some system of world government, is about to fill the vacuum. The result is almost certain to be chaos. The basic issue for the next quarter-century is whether statesmen will have the patience and wisdom to manage this chaos in peaceful rather than violent fashion...
...coins feel so good--and fill such a giant need in our world of $1 vending machines--why has the Treasury spent $45 million advertising them? Why is the U.S. Mint distributing 5,000 of them in cereal boxes as a marketing gimmick? Because even in money, there is no such thing as a sure thing. How we feel about what we carry in our pockets says an awful lot about what we carry in our hearts and our minds. Last year a coalition of 11 European countries rolled out a brand-new currency called the euro. And though euro...