Word: ideas
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Efforts to expose what Seymour Hersh calls the dark side of Camelot began even before the idea of an American Camelot was born. On the day John Kennedy died, the best-selling nonfiction book in the U.S. was, as it had been for several months, Victor Lasky's J.F.K.: The Man and the Myth, a withering attack on the character and competence of the President. The attacks have continued, and escalated, ever since--in books by historians; in memoirs of friends, associates and acquaintances of Kennedy and his family; in gossip columns and tabloids; and at times in official documents...
Sony's profits came under increasing pressure as harsh pricing and a strong yen battered electronics makers. No matter how many Walkmans Japan's best could sell, the idea that the company could make the leap from gadget producer to player in the multicultural, multimedia universe was considered, to twist an old Sony advertisement, baloney...
Calley says he does and dismisses speculation that Sony will sell. "It's a good story," he says. "Nothing that I've seen supports that idea." Sony has stated that it will consider selling shares in all or part of its entertainment operations to the public but plans to keep control. Besides, Calley argues, current management deserves credit for what it has done right: savvy marketing and bold scheduling. "While we are living off the past at the moment, we are going to do more than a billion dollars this year, and that's not coasting." The studio didn...
...small, illicit thrills of middle-class life is buying something by mail order and avoiding the sales tax. The mail-order houses had no idea how important this loophole is to their customers until last week, when they revealed an agreement to close it. Now they're backtracking like...
Imagine the best O.J. conversation you've ever had--and since you've probably had several thousand of them, this is saying something--and you'll have an idea what it's like talking to Dunne. The author of best-selling romans a clef about murder like The Two Mrs. Grenvilles and An Inconvenient Woman, Dunne became renowned for his coverage of the Claus von Bulow, William Kennedy Smith and Menendez brothers trials. He sat in the Simpson courtroom from the first day to the last, and each month produced a savvy, pungent report for Vanity Fair. Appearing endlessly...