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...didn't notice the furtive glances of the tourists gathering around him. Trying to unwind after a few days of intense training in August, the basketball sensation had just taken a ride on the roller coaster atop the Stratosphere tower--he was lucky there wasn't a maximum height limit to get on--and now he was gazing out over the gaudiest stretch of urban landscape in America. He marveled at the brightly illuminated replicas of the Eiffel Tower, the Manhattan skyline, the dazzling fountains of Rome. "Las Vegas is the most beautiful city in the world," he said, "especially...
...coach, finally convinced the parents their son wouldn't get lost because he had all the raw ingredients of a star: speed, flexibility, coordination, leaping ability, size. By measuring the gaps between the bones of his hand and tracking the growth of his genitals--a Chinese-honed indicator of height--Dai predicted that the youngster would reach...
America's military has been shrinking for the past 35 years. Since the height of the Vietnam War in 1968, the number of American men and women in the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps has fallen, from 3.5 million to 1.4 million today. The active-duty Army, the service most needed for labor-intensive peacekeeping missions, has fallen from 1.6 million troops in 1968 to 480,000 today. All four services have been cut in strength, and leaders of both parties have overseen this decline. President Bush's father reduced the number of Army divisions from...
...exposure," Cohen says. "Celebrities are about being branded. If you want to compete in the new world of entertainment for publicity, you need to market yourself. By using multimedia--music and entertainment as well as fashion--today's celebrities have three powerhouses to get them to the height of popularity. The more you put yourself out there and the more cultures you can cross over, the bigger the payout potential. And for those celebrities who have yet to figure it out, believe me, their agents are working...
...York City, MICHAEL BLOOMBERG got his own crisis in which to polish his Rudy Giuliani impression. The mayor got good reviews: he was quick to respond, on top of the details and calmly reassuring. Alas, most New Yorkers could not see or hear him at the height of the crisis. But at least he played well out of town...