Word: legendizing
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...early entertainment was a cadre of Oscar-caliber supporting actors. Between sporadic appareances by the new principal owner of the BoSox John Henry (it was either him or an automatronic robot made to look just like him), a photo-op with Channel 4 sports reporter and local legend Bob Lobel, and musical accompaniment by the Hot Tamale Band, we somehow made it to our seats in time for the 1 p.m. start...
...patent lawyer on it too. The multitool market has been flooded with knock-offs, leaving loyal Leatherman owners to wonder, Is the original still the best? To find out, I put four high-end, fully loaded multitools through their paces: the Leatherman Wave ($99), the Gerber Multi-Plier 800 Legend ($136), the Victorinox SwissTool ($75; by the makers of Swiss Army knives) and the SOG PowerLock ($75). Be warned: prolonged exposure to multitools can fuel the dangerous delusion that you secretly are Batman...
...Vietnamese troops; in Hanoi. Born a peasant, he rose through Communist Party ranks to become commander-in-chief of the army. Dung penned his controversial memoirs Our Great Spring Victory in 1976. DIED. ROSETTA LENOIRE, 90, affable grandma on the American TV sitcom Family Matters and goddaughter of dancing legend Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, with whom she started in showbiz; in Teaneck, New Jersey. LeNoire, who founded the Amas Repertory Theatre that is dedicated to developing new musicals and talent, won a National Medal of Arts in 1999. DIED. MAUDE FARRIS-LUSE, 115, the world's oldest person according...
Instead, we find a movie that handles its stuff-of-legend material with modesty, even restraint. This should make Disney doubly proud, for its story is not only classic but also authentic. In a recent roundtable interview, Jim Morris himself spoke to the film’s accuracy. “By and large, the movie’s dead on. It’s my life, so I guess I’m the biggest skeptic, [and] I think it’s fantastic. I called my mom after [seeing the final cut] and told her, you?...
...spreading itself too thin, Legend may be playing right into Dell's hands. So far, most of the market share Dell has captured has come from rival foreign brands in the corporate client space and not from Legend itself. Now Dell has to start pushing its way into the consciousness of ordinary consumers and mid-sized corporations, where the next wave of mainland computerization is cresting. But selling desktops to the masses is Legend's turf-and Dell might find it's a long march to total global domination...