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Dating back to the birth of cinema, this employment of the Hollywood vixen has been selling movie tickets for decades and no better is this exemplified than with the vivacious, loquacious and sagacious blond bombshell, Ms. Mae West. Long before the most modern set of Hollywood vamps emerged, there was West, who's hip, swinging swagger, sultry double talk and eyelash batting was enough to send Postmaster General Hayes into a censorship tizzy...
Each conference also features "a nationally known keynote speaker," according to Counter. Past speakers have included Jaime Escalante, the calculus teacher whose story served as the basis for the movie Stand and Deliver and Mae Jemsion, the first black female astronaut...
Gore is expected also to consider those who could bring gravitas to the ticket. Strong runners: Fannie Mae chairman Franklin Raines, 51, and former Treasury Secretary Bob Rubin, 61. Rubin has said he's not interested, but a Gore strategist says the Gore camp is undeterred: "If Al Gore really wanted him, Rubin would accept." There is even talk of "fusion candidate" Christine Todd Whitman, 53, New Jersey's popular Republican Governor. "Thinks like a centrist Democrat," says an Administration source...
...Mae West b) Groucho Marx c) Queen Elizabeth II d) Ronald Reagan...
...such mishaps scarcely matter. Intel, Microsoft, Sun Microsystems, Bristol Myers Squibb, Fannie Mae and Wells Fargo, each up between fivefold and 75-fold, were in the mix, providing exposure to the hottest sectors of the decade: computers, banks and drugs. And that's the big lesson. If you're busy racking up commission and tax costs, always chasing hot stocks or funds, get a life. All you really need is a few good ideas and the patience to be waiting when one pans out. What about the next 10 years? Think Internet infrastructure (it will be built even if every...