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...Matterhorn, Switzerland's best-known mountain, is also one of its hardest to climb, requiring peak fitness and experience using crampons and ropes at high altitudes. That didn't deter Peter Brabeck-Letmathe, 58, the chief executive of Nestle, who has been mountaineering in the Alps since he was a child. He fulfilled a lifelong ambition last summer by reaching the 14,692-ft. summit. "It was just perfect," he says, his eyes sparkling at the memory...
Ambitious, persistent--but cautious: those characteristics are also Brabeck hallmarks as he attempts to lead Nestle up its own steep mountain. He took over as chief executive in 1997 in the midst of a growth spurt that saw Nestle double its sales, to $60 billion, in a decade and cement its position as the world's largest food company. With brands that include Stouffer's frozen dinners, Perrier and Pellegrino water, Nescafe coffee, Friskies cat food, Carnation milk, Buitoni pasta and After Eight chocolate mints, it's the leader in hundreds of product categories worldwide. But Brabeck isn't satisfied...
...photos of the 1968 Apollo 8 mission. The painting’s unusual rhomboidal format frames and intensifies his graphic shapes and bold colors. “Wintry Mountains” is another of Gusong’s exceptional works. Simple shapes form the jagged stone face of a mountain peak brushed with white snow. Gusong uses an unusual subtractive technique. After applying black ink to paper, he pulls out selected fibers, leaving the underlying white paper behind. Chen Qikuan’s playful “Monkeys” depicts four monkeys and a parent in curving strokes...
...imagine the nearimpossibility of culling from a mountain of great photos the one image that reveals the essence of a harrowing story that took days to convey in newspapers and on radio and TV. But the cover picture of a lone firefighter kneeling to check a fire-hose connection against the background of a tree erupting in a ball of flame summed up Californians' frustration and helplessness. The Dantesque orange glow bathing the entire scene imparted a netherworld aura to the image and gave me the uncomfortable feeling that there was no escape. I was arrested by a stark...
...thousands of imported species. On late, lazy Sunday afternoons from November to April they form what must be the world's most pastoral concert arena. Backed by the natural amphitheater of the majestic eastern cliffs of Table Mountain, musicians perform under clear skies as a golden sun plays on the forest canopy before dipping over the blue peak. The atmosphere is appropriately elysian. Capetonians, known for savoring a slow pace of life, feast on picnics...