Word: magically
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...RILEY Brawling? A Riley team? It's hard to believe this guy also coached Showtime with Magic and Kareem...
...also taking to sea, a move that both scares and encourages this $7.5 billion industry. Disney is launching a pair of $370 million ships that will each carry 1,760 passengers when the vessels arrive later this year. (Construction snafus have delayed delivery of the first, the Disney Magic, from March to July.) Backed by a $130 million marketing budget, these floating Mouse traps will offer three- and four-day excursions as part of Disney World vacations. The good news is that Disney's money will sell the industry to a new generation of travelers. The bad news is that...
There was a time when banks liked to present themselves as staid old conservative places. Not anymore. First, Citibank sponsored an Elton John tour. (So it's not the Foo Fighters--it's a start.) Now three show-biz types have bought a bank. MAGIC JOHNSON, JANET JACKSON and former head of Motown Records Jheryl Busby have spent about $3 million on a controlling share in the California-based Founders National Bank. They hope to use their contacts and drawing power to get the African-American elite to plunk their savings there. They also hope to be able to attract...
...Animal Kingdom, we thought, Isn't it odd to connect frolicking animals and a rib sandwich? R.J. Milano, an assistant marketing V.P. at McDonald's, explained, "Animal Kingdom is very much a wild experience, and the McRib is a wild taste that allows customers to experience the fun and magic of the Animal Kingdom without going to Orlando...
...General Magic, which was building portable electronic organizers long before the Palm Pilot made them popular, has a new trick up its sleeve. At this week's Networld+Interop show, the Sunnyvale, Calif.-based firm, whose clunky gear missed the handheld revolution, will unveil a voice-activated electronic secretary, code-named Serengeti, that lets users dial in from their cell phones and ask to hear phone messages, e-mail, addresses, appointments, stock quotes and news. The service, due this summer, responds to normal speech and will be available from wireless carriers for $20 to $30 a month...