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Vegas follows another Disney dictum: it sets out to create entertainment the whole world will pay to see. The aim is pure show-and-tell: it shows with grand images and lavish costumes; it tells with familiar songs. A cuddly optimism replaces the mordant philosophizing of Tony Award-winning shows. People don't go to Vegas for a Sondheim musical (indeed, not many go to Broadway for one). Vegas shows are zippy, out-of-mind experiences aimed at vacationers of all classes and countries. "You have to have a certain style of show here," says EFX! master Crawford. "When half...
CONVICTED. WILLIAM ARAMONY, 67, ex-president of the United Way charity; on 25 counts stemming from the theft of more than $600,000 from his employer; in Alexandria, Virginia. Aramony claimed that the lavish vacations and apartments enjoyed by him and his various girlfriends-and paid for with United Way funds-were essential for mixing with well-heeled contributors...
Former Chrysler Chairman Lee Iacocca wants his company back. He and billionaire investor Kirk Kerkorian are attempting to buy the No. 3 automaker for $22.8 billion. Their lavish, unsolicited $55 per share proposal -- more than 40 percent above yesterday's closing stock price -- would be the biggest U.S. corporate takeover since the $25 billion buyout of RJR Nabisco by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts in 1988. Today's surprise announcement boosted Chrysler stock and prompted Chairman Robert Eaton to scrap a scheduled New York auto show speech.TIME Detroit bureau chief William McWhirtersays Chrysler is well positioned to fight a takeover because...
...political and social visits in Europe. Occasionally swapping his trademark fatigues for a dark blue suit and spotted tie, he criticized "blind and savage market laws" at the world-poverty summit in Copenhagen, told UNESCO in Paris that the U.S. blockade of Cuba was "criminal" and basked in the lavish praise of outgoing Socialist French President Francois Mitterrand and his wife Danielle. Castro also played tourist. "My strongest impression?" he told reporters. "Chablis wine...
Although Parker says he sometimes hasdifficulties keeping the children focused on theirwork--especially after a long day at school--hisstudents lavish him with praise...