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...into every field from health care to finance. By 2010 hundreds of millions of Chinese will be wired to the Golden Bridge financial network, carrying Golden Card smart cards and automatically forking over a chunk of their salaries to the government via a microchip-enabled Golden Tax. Says Bryan Nelson, Microsoft's commanding general in the region: "China is going to be the ultimate proof of all that the Internet can do. And the amazing thing is, the Chinese seem to understand that. Better than some people in the West, actually...
...whom the gods would humble they first make the center of a global advertising campaign. Beyond Mother Teresa and Nelson Mandela, few humans have recently come closer to sainthood-by-acclaim than the Dalai Lama. Revered as a Buddha of compassion by his followers, Tibet's political and religious leader garnered not only a 1989 Nobel Peace Prize for efforts on behalf of his Chinese-occupied homeland but also (as the Apple Computer ads strove to exploit) the vague undifferentiated goodwill of a cynical and overcaffeinated world still auditioning sources of truth, calm and peace...
...which will be auctioned off in May), the celebs didn't take their artistic selves too seriously. LARRY KING attempted a sweet self-portrait, as did Broncos quarterback JOHN ELWAY, although the face guard looks more like skull fractures. Author AMY TAN even displayed some ability, while WILLIE NELSON accomplished a breakthrough in the mask-art genre with his use of mixed media, i.e., the addition of a head scarf...
...this all with a twinkle in his eye and a gruffness that wasn't even skin deep. Along the way, his heart failed him, several times, but he continued jetting around the world to get more stories and interview leaders ranging from the awful--Saddam Hussein--to the awesome--Nelson Mandela--to the truly historic--Mikhail Gorbachev. In 1987, hours before he probably would have died, he received a heart transplant. He bravely endured near fatal attempts by his body to reject the new heart and came back to work and to more adventures. When he fell ill late last...
ADAMS Eric Nelson 3-2111 enelson SAC Students Affairs Committee Chair Tom Brown 3-0732 ctbrown SAC Rachel Barber 3-2113 rbarber SAC Rocky Fishman 3-2112 rfishman CLC Lev Polinsky 3-2112 polinsky...