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...dollar bill, even dirt from ground that is somehow hallowed in family memory. All this stuff he seals in plastic Baggies and pins to a wall in his room. One of his most prized possessions is a photograph of his grandfather with a Ukrainian woman who, according to family legend, saved his life during World War II. In Everything Is Illuminated, Jonathan journeys to the Ukraine to discover her fate...
Rick Tsai CHIP CZAR Don't tell Tsai, 54, the new CEO of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC), that replacing a legend is daunting. Chip mogul Morris Chang, who founded TSMC in 1987 and built it into the world's largest manufacturer of custom-made chips, named Tsai, a 15-year TSMC veteran, his successor. (Chang remains chairman.) Tsai is already forecasting a gaudy 43% quarterly gross-profit margin for the $8 billion company. Tsai knows TSMC inside out, having held nearly every senior position, and has lived up to his strong nickname: Buffalo. --By Joyce Huang/Taipei...
...story of a little French crocodile smashing its way onto the U.S. apparel scene is a fashion legend. René Lacoste, a famous French tennis champion nicknamed the Alligator (le Crocodile in French) by the American press because he "never let go of his prey," grew tired of the starched, long-sleeved shirts that players wore during the 1920s. He designed a breathable, short-sleeved polo for himself, and soon for his tennis friends too, creating what was to become one of the most famous sportswear companies in France...
JOHNNY CASH JOHNNY CASH: THE LEGEND...
...Equipe. Its four-page cover story on Tuesday, headlined "The Armstrong Lie," claims to have pieced together what it says is "incontestable" evidence that in 1999-the year of his first Tour victory-Armstrong used the banned substance EPO. "The extraordinary champion, the escapee from cancer, has become a legend by means of a lie," wrote L'Equipe...