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...Wars promotion, looms a 6-ft. tall statue of Darth Vader wielding his laser. Chew, a former lieutenant in the Singapore army, talks about being a "general'' in this conflict. Still, he could be busted down to buck private if he loses to a no-name pizza company. "My neck is on the block,'' he says, vigorously denying Heinecke's assertion that he's working with an open checkbook. Tricon has responsibilities to its shareholders, he insists: "We can't spend foolishly.'' Chew concedes that the company is laying out large sums to lock in prime locations. Although the Pizza...
...With such grandstanding political gestures it's little wonder that Schröder has become the target of criticism herself. Fellow Greens in the European Parliament have called her a "mischief-maker" and a "pain in the neck" and even demanded her expulsion from the party. Despite such censure, Schröder remains undeterred. "In contrast to [German Foreign Minister Joschka] Fischer & Co., my political statements are firmly grounded in the Green manifesto," she contends...
...Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" (for Foreign Film, Art Direction, Cinematography and Score) and "Traffic" (for Director, Supporting Actor, Adapted Screenplay and Editing). When Douglas finally said, "And the Oscar goes to... 'Gladiator,'" even those of us rooting for "Crouching Tiger" were grateful that our dark horse had run neck-and-neck with the winner all the way to the finish line...
...seems well suited to those looking to avoid life's small annoyances. Take highway congestion. Chriss and Myrna Crawford, from Missoula, Mont., were caught in a three-hour traffic jam on a Los Angeles freeway several years ago. While the exasperated car drivers around and below them craned their neck and cursed, the Crawfords calmly cooked their dinner. In a generation or two, maybe all of us will take...
...required to lend listening systems to hard-of-hearing customers, Bernstein has purchased her own infrared unit. She's also bought a personal fm unit for lectures: the speaker wears a small microphone, which transmits via radio waves to a receiver connected to a loop Bernstein wears around her neck, which sends the signal to the telecoils in her hearing aids. She uses a caption decoder on her television, attends captioned theater performances and asks people to e-mail her messages rather than leave them on her telephone answering machine. Perhaps the most difficult listening environment is a noisy party...