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...past year. But even for a darling, the heat of bright lights is no place to be when your company employs a rare and mysterious tax structure, as does Sternlicht's. That structure is the wax in his wings, and, win or lose ITT, its benefits could melt away and send Starwood, Icarus-like, tumbling from the stratosphere...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BURNED BY THE ITT BATTLE? | 11/17/1997 | See Source »

...after a big name like ITT, Sternlicht has created a personal Catch-22. If the scrutiny he's invited shows that his paired-share status is an unfair edge, lawmakers may impose limits; if it shows relatively little value, investors may lose enthusiasm. Either way, Starwood's wings melt...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BURNED BY THE ITT BATTLE? | 11/17/1997 | See Source »

...Maybe Davis should also have singled out Clinton reminding one group how the golfer Greg Norman squandered a six-shot lead at the Masters. "This thing could get away from us," the President warns. What he meant then was that his pre-election lead in the polls could similarly melt away. All the same, that's a remark that could turn out to be true in ways he didn't mean at the time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: IT'S GROUNDHOG DAY | 10/27/1997 | See Source »

...with an achingly beautiful pop refrain. Starting out as neogrunge, the song quickly shifts to minimalist slow-core hooks for the verse. When Juliana commands early on to "Get off of me!", it sounds pretty imposing. Suddenly, though, the song shifts gears; as the chorus approaches, the thrash elements melt away, leaving only a soaring, melodic vocal line that is not a command at all, but a poignant plea...

Author: By Jordan I. Fox, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: A 22-Minute Revolution | 10/17/1997 | See Source »

Pitt's ice seems to melt slightly when his thoughts turn to the family he left behind, which include a divorced wife and a child he has never seen. This subject serves as a bridge to the satisfying emotional resolution in Tibet: it is while trying to establish a correspondence with his estranged son that Harrer first enters Tibet...

Author: By Jonathan B. Dinerstein, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Man Climbs Himalayas, Has Revelation | 10/10/1997 | See Source »

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