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...STOCKBROKERS, AUTO DEALERS, MAIL CARRIERS, INSURANCE AND REAL ESTATE AGENTS The Internet will eradicate middlemen by the millions, with a hardy few remaining to service the clueless. You'll cut us a deal, right, HAL...
...there can't be many guests to start with. The Oceana has only 63 suites, the Colombe d'Or just 15. "Our guests are people, not numbers," says Kevin Blackbeard, director of sales and marketing at the Oceana. Avatar Kramer, broadcast producer for the San Francisco ad agency Publicis & Hal Riney, always stays there when in L.A., and uses his suite for production meetings. "It's ironic that in a more closed environment than a lot of hotels, you feel a lot more privacy," says Kramer...
...Timer: 88 year-old Harold Rose, who bred, owns and trains hopeful Hal's Hope, recovered from a stroke last year and has gotten a wild ride he probably doesn't need from this colt. Hal's Hope is hot-and-cold--it took him three tries to break his maiden at Calder Race Course before he did it at six and one-half furlongs at a healthy 16-1 price. But the horse has two quality stakes wins in the Holy Bull and the Florida Derby. In last month's Blue Grass Stakes, Hal's Hope ran just...
There was one interesting story: Burt Bacharach and Hal David may be performing together for the last time this summer. I guess it's fashionable to either totally hate Bacharach or to like him only in an ironic way, but I think he's written some great stuff. Just think of Aretha Franklin's "I Say a Little Prayer," Naked Eyes' "(There's) Always Something There to Remind Me" or Dusty Springfield's "The Look of Love." Of course, Bacharach's reputation isn't improved by album covers like the one pictured here...
...Reads your e-mail in eerie Hal-like voice via cell phone...