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BOBBY FLAY'S GRILLING FOR LIFE ($22). The guru of the grill turns his attention to healthy cooking, with analysis by nutritionist Joy Bauer...
...flowing blue robe and matching skullcap, Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh stepped out of a Portland courthouse last week into one of his sect's 93 Rolls-Royces and was whisked to the airport. After a quick wave and a bow to disciples from his 1,300-member commune, the guru, who had lived in the U.S. since 1981, boarded a chartered airplane and departed for his native India. Unless he gets written permission from the U.S. Attorney General, he will not be allowed to visit the U.S. for five years. Said the Bhagwan: "I never want to return again...
...Bhagwan's banishment is part of a plea bargain arranged with federal authorities. Facing 35 counts of conspiring to violate immigration laws, the guru admitted two charges: lying about his reasons for settling in the U.S. and arranging sham marriages to help foreign disciples join him. He was fined $400,000, received a ten-year suspended sentence and agreed to leave the country. Seven of his disciples still face federal and state charges. The guru's followers, who had virtually taken over a small town near the commune, voted this month to change the name of the site from Rajneesh...
...Still he may have other kinds of corrections to make. He was seen by progressives here, like in the U.S. and elsewhere in the West, as the symbol of the last papacy's doctrinal rigidity. To those in step with Pope John Paul's theological stance, Ratzinger was part guru and part policy wonk on the most fundamental Church questions...
...long history of smooth transitions from one leader to the next, and Otellini has been the heir apparent for more than two years. "Bob [Noyce] was the consummate entrepreneur," says Otellini, describing the company's founding chief. "Gordon [Moore] was the genius. Andy [Grove] was the management guru. Craig [Barrett]'s legacy was building our manufacturing facilities in the middle of a downturn." Of himself, Otellini says, "I'm the product guy." The implication: clever product design and planning can help guide Intel out of the wilderness...