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...face of an upturned blossom, but she was born under the sign of the lion and her heart belonged to Hercules. The first-grader adored Disney's version of the hero and hung a poster of him over her bed. So Samantha Runnion, 5, reacted as her idol would have when a stranger first asked her to help find his chihuahua and then--as she bent down to show how small the dog might be--carried her into his car. She fought with all the might of her tiny arms and legs, and screamed to her friend, "Help me! Tell...
FEET At the base are two lion's claws, similar to the ones on a Michelangelo work for the Duke of Urbino--a drawing of a serving dish for salt
...last mile"--the wire into the home. That privilege is reserved for thousands of so-called Level 4 operators, made up of everyone from real estate companies to apartment-house owners. "The oddest part of it all is that the cable operators themselves don't get the lion's share of the money. The Level 4 operators do," says Michael Lynton, head of AOL Time Warner's international ventures. "Ultimately the economics of the business have to change for cable operators to be interested in further investment...
...real cost. Experts such as Warren Buffett and Alan Greenspan have argued that all publicly traded companies should count stock options as an expense. Yet today among big companies only Boeing and Winn-Dixie do so. Why? The current system is so lucrative for company executives, who reap the lion's share of stock options, that few will make the change unless forced. This was not a big deal a few years ago. But this "free money" led to gigantic options grants in the '90s--and now, by some estimates, the cost to shareholders is double what it was just...
...from the Pinnacles is the delightfully named Hangover Bay. Locals from Cervantes swear that the bay's stunning white sands and turquoise waters are a surefire antidote to the excesses of late-night revelry. Visitors may also be rewarded with the sight of bottlenosed dolphins and the occasional sea lion frolicking in the shallows...