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Gillett personally relishes skiing "steep and deep," which is not a bad metaphor for his investment style. Like his earlier Vail venture, Gillett II rests on a mountain of junk securities, although these cost a mere 12.5% interest, well below the nosebleed rate for his last go-round. And this time he has two big partners: the John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Co., which owns 50% of the ski operations, and the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, which has 10%. Says Gillett, who has a hard time containing his optimism: "The demographics are with us. Skiing is at the same...
...first anniversary. That request will probably not be met. Earlier this month, the media coordinator for the Oklahoma City bombing trials surveyed news organizations about their interest in a JonBenet trial should an indictment of anyone ever be filed; 162 said they would attend. That would compare with a mere 74 on hand for Timothy McVeigh's trial. --Reported by Richard Woodbury/Denver...
...serious scientist would credit the notion, both unverified and unverifiable, that recalling the repressed, articulating the instinctual, magically undoes the inhibitions and pathologies of life. But no matter. So thoroughly has this fable soaked into the culture that it is now mere conventional wisdom that if we just let it all out from the deep recesses of our souls--the anger, the fear, the prejudice, whatever--we will all be better...
...then there is Diana, the woman who was, all by herself, the punctum of the late 20th century. She was, for one thing, the princess and the pauper, the improbably lustrous creature who also carried her (our?) mere humanity into the throne room. Sometimes the grief at her death seemed out of proportion, but only if you forgot the real question it presented: If the most luminous woman in the world can die, what hope is there for the rest...
This should be unsurprising to anyone who has followed the career of the richest billionaire in Texas. Since he founded his company in a college dorm room, Dell has made a habit of spotting trends when they are still mere suggestions. Maybe that's why his company's stock has jumped 20,000% since 1990. Four years ago, when the Web was just a strand, Dell made his first online purchase (a T shirt). The idea of selling computers online...