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...what's the issue again? Campaign-finance reform? Strategizing with volunteers, Baldwin blames Big Business and the neediness of political candidates ("These people are junkies," he says). He also blames the Republicans, who he says are capable of "horrendous acts." But that's a lot to load onto your average American, so when Baldwin steps into the Holyoke Mall, he intends to keep it simple and nonpartisan (which the Creative Coalition purports to be). He will simply ask the common folk if they want to clean up the political system and get rid of all that tainted money. It becomes...
Imagine the frenzy at Charles Schwab & Co., the nation's largest online brokerage house, as it attempted to handle the siege of 1.5 million customer inquiries--three times its normal volume. Or at the boutique E-shop Datek, which handled more than 20,000 transactions, double its usual load. Similar scenes were played out in a dozen online brokerages across the country as Net users took to their computers to buy and sell stock. Whatever else the "Correction of '97" signifies, it will surely be remembered for finally sanctifying online money managing...
...film Bean is exactly the wrong venue for Atkinson's character. Applying a simple-minded and contrived plot--or indeed applying any kind of plot of import, especially one with morals and attempted emotional baggage--just isn't the kind of load the framework of the character of Bean is supposed to support. It's like having an hour-and-a-half long "Seinfeld" episode about something and expecting viewers to care sincerely about the daily pitfalls of the characters--pitfalls which are so endearing because they are everyday and unimportant. Bean takes Atkinson's comic mastery and confines...
HITACHI MINI-NOTE: Making its debut in December is Hitachi's Pentium-based, 2.7-lb. "micro-notebook." Ideal for Windows95 users who need to pack a lighter load. $2,499 (estimated...
...also fueled growth for Comair. The carrier's revenues have more than doubled since 1993, the year Comair started flying jets, to $564 million in fiscal 1997. Profits have risen meteorically: last year Comair posted net income of $75.4 million, an increase of 291% from 1993. Passenger-load factor, a critical measure, increased to 55.9% last year, from...