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...Finland a 1993 application by utility TVO to build a new nuclear plant was overwhelmingly rejected by parliament. But on a balmy night this September, some 300 executives from the world of energy and politics clambered into a huge hole in the Finnish town of Olkiluoto to watch a laser lightshow as the climax of a highly unusual celebration: the groundbreaking for the first nuclear plant to be built in Europe in 14 years. This time, after a heated debate that led to the resignation of the Green party from government, Finland approved the utility's application because of worries...
...makers are scrambling to produce new PCs equipped to play DVD-ROMs. What's less clear is how quickly Hollywood studios will clamber aboard the DVD bandwagon and release their movies on the untested new format. DVD's raison d'etre, after all, is to send VHS tapes and laser discs, the studios' cash cows, the way of all eight-tracks. This week's blizzard of dvd-themed press releases at the Las Vegas show should help reveal how quickly the new kid on the block might become the latest digital-era blockbuster...
...roommate Dave is chasing the dream. With laser-like focus on scoring a career in baseball, he drove to sunny Pittsburgh this weekend to explore an opportunity...
...designer's Coromandel screens (she owned over 30 of these Chinese-made, lacquered folding screens, a collection considered the best in pre-war Europe), the range includes a gorgeous eye shadow and blush palette. Its intense colors-red ocher, gold and black-match Chanel's screens, as do its laser-cut decorative motifs. Though priced at $60, double the cost of most powder compacts, the limited-edition piece is already a best seller...
...designer's Coromandel screens (she owned over 30 of these Chinese-made, lacquered folding screens, a collection considered the best in pre-war Europe), the range includes a gorgeous eye shadow and blush palette. Its intense colors - red ocher, gold and black - match Chanel's screens, as do its laser-cut decorative motifs. Though priced at $60, double the cost of most powder compacts, the limited-edition piece is already a best seller. Curiously, there is no evidence that Chanel ever actually visited China or even Asia. "I expect the closest she got was something like Venice," says Valerie Steele...