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...Diego, with its proximity to L.A. and its image as a dumb blond of a city, would seem like an improbable locale for a thriving anti-Establishment culture. But in fact it has spawned bands with names like Rocket from the Crypt and rust; both have signed with major labels. Explains Kane (that's just Kane), president of Headhunter Records, a local label: ''There's a lot less attitude down here, people are less jaded, there's a freshness.'' Keep your eye on Toledo, Ohio...
More Cuts for Woolworth A prime victim of Wal-Mart's success has been the Woolworth chain, which announced its second major reduction in size in two years. It plans to close 970 stores and cut 13,000 jobs. Some 400 of the shops to close will be the cheap general stores that made the Woolworth name famous (others will include Kinney shoe stores). After the closings, only 400 or so of the Woolworth five- and-tens will remain...
...foreign journalists were killed last July. Bullet holes in the stucco wall behind his work desk remind Andrew that two weeks ago an American rescue team attempting to save trapped Rangers blasted rocket-fired grenades into the third floor, destroying two bathrooms and obliging the owner to make some major repairs before the room was habitable. But once he is on the streets, he is on the move, following a tricky routine perfected by reporters since the first U.S. troops landed last December. ''Getting around depends entirely on your translator and the driver and guards you hire,'' he reports...
...arms dealer, but I only did it for Israel. I hate the military business, and I don't do it in other countries.'' By all accounts that is the truth. Other Israeli firms are opening offices in China now, and Eisenberg is moving on, putting together major deals in India and the former Soviet republic of Kazakhstan. For Eisenberg, the wheeling and dealing never stop. Like many self-made men, he puts others off with his intense focus. ''He's a very tough man,'' says another ex-employee , ''very demanding, very aggressive.'' Eisenberg has no hobbies, doesn...
...time, the major Republican candidates for President, save John McCain, had already begun to dull the edges on their support for President Bush's war policy. When asked about the war, Mike Huckabee would talk about the strain on the Arkansas National Guard. Mitt Romney would say he wanted the troops home "as soon as possible." Rudy Giuliani speculated openly that the so-called surge might fail, saying "we have to be ready for that...