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...DOLLHOUSE DIVIDED AGAINST ITSELF Last week Mattel Inc., maker of Barbie, acquired Pleasant Co., which makes the wholesome, historic-minded American Girl dolls. Will the dolls be compatible housemates? Let's check a representative of each line...
...years to play baseball, and--since he refused for a long time to talk to SPORTS ILLUSTRATED after it criticized him--let's just say as an outfielder he was an outstanding shooting guard.) His agent David Falk told TIME at Friday's game, "Being the great decision maker that he is, he's going to take some time after the season is over and get away from it for a while, and have a chance to really think it through and probably make a decision sometime in July or August. And whatever he decides, whatever makes him happy, will...
Example: Pfizer, maker of the hottest drug on the market, Viagra. Many recent buyers of Pfizer have created a cult with a sworn faith in the stock's momentum. To me, Pfizer is a fine company, for many years a core holding of mine, but now the stock has too much hype in it. I sell it routinely as it gets to $110. Does that mean I hate Pfizer? Hardly. I buy whenever it trades below $100. Why? Because there you are paying a fair price for the promising drugs that come after Viagra...
...half a dozen of her dances, most notably Cave of the Heart and Appalachian Spring (1944), her radiant re-creation of a pioneer wedding, seem likely to stand the test of time. The rest are overwrought period pieces whose humorless, lapel-clutching intensity is less palatable now that their maker is no longer around to bring them to life...
...Justice Department's lawsuit against Microsoft may be trouble for Bill Gates, but it could help business for Gateway. In an industry first, and with Microsoft's grudging assent, the PC maker is offering new customers the Windows 98 operating system and a choice of either the Microsoft or Netscape browser. (To get that choice, customers must pick Gateway's Internet service over those of AOL and other providers.) Also, those paying for their PC in monthly installments starting at $50 can trade up to a faster model two years later...