Word: ideas
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...power is here should the U.N. want to use it," says the commanding officer of the Nimitz, Captain Isaac Richardson. Clinton and his commanders have learned that Saddam isn't bothered by the kind of "pinprick" strikes the U.S. lobbed at Iraq in 1993 and 1996. This time, the idea is "to take a page out of Colin Powell's book and make sure that we really do have the capability to do a decisive job," says Robert Pelletreau, who served as Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs during Clinton's first term...
...very similar wedding invitations for what they expect to be their biggest mass wedding yet, on Nov. 29 at Washington's R.F.K. Stadium, where they will be serenaded by WHITNEY HOUSTON. Using a line already made popular by Bill Cosby before her, Houston claims she simply had no idea that the seven-figure deal she signed for her 45-minute gig was for a Moonie event. When most people accept a million-plus offer, their lawyers check to see who it's coming from. Maybe not Whitney. Perhaps she just trusts too much...
Defying conventional skepticism about the public appetite for history on the hoof, Undaunted Courage sold more than 750,000 copies, about half of them in paperback. "I had no idea that it would become so big," says the recently retired University of New Orleans history professor, whose more modest literary successes include books on Custer, Crazy Horse, Eisenhower and Nixon. "It's a whole new game," he says. "At the age of 60, I became a rich...
...seemed like a good idea at the time. In preparation for our forthcoming series of special issues in which we will name the 100 most influential people of the 20th century, we decided it might be fun to create a poll on our Internet site www.time.com and invite visitors to register their nominations. Over the next two years, you can suggest candidates in five categories (Warriors & Statesmen, Entertainers & Artists, Builders & Titans, Scientists & Healers, and Heroes & Adventurers). The sixth and final issue in this series, which will be launched next April and will be accompanied by documentaries on CBS, will name...
...past two years, the tantalizing thought of swapping your suit for your sweats has become a reality, and the reason is simple: "Technology vendors are designing products and specifically promoting them to home-office customers," says IDC/Link's Ray Boggs. Not a bad idea, considering that a whopping 35 million American households have wired work spaces, with a projected annual growth rate of 8% through...