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NAME: Spike ("He Got Game") Lee AGE: 42 OCCUPATION: Director, Nike pitchman BEST PUNCH: Asked at a press conference about Charlton Heston's involvement with the N.R.A., Lee joked that Heston should be shot "with a .44-cal. bulldog" pistol...
However, there are still problems with the policy. Price-Waterhouse has an extensive list of clients, including companies infamous for their overseas sweatshop labor and poor pay, such as Nike, Reebok and Liz Claiborne. These connections could lead to an awkward situation among the partner schools and their monitor and perhaps even result in an immobilizing conflict of interest. PSLM continues to protest the move, submitting its own suggestions for companies which should be hired to do the monitoring...
...competitive play between the certified gymnasts that b-boys and -girls are stays at a cordial level, as if they all recognize that although they are in competition, it's all love. Plus, breaking events always attract the flyest slims: the backpack, skullie, rolled-up jeans, Adidas-Karan-Fubu-Nike gear, impeccable make-up crews of women across the racial spectrum who hate rap shows because "fools always be acting up in them...
...past, student protestors have demanded specifically that Price-Waterhouse-Coopers not be assigned to act as an independent monitor. The firm already serves as a consultant to companies including Nike, Reebok and Liz Claiborne, which some students said creates a conflict of interest...
SURFER'S SPECIAL Leave it to Nike to develop a sports watch that's way cool but only halfway useful. Its new Typhoon watch ($135) gives daily high- and low-tide data for 175 of the most popular surf spots in the world, from Oahu to Okinawa. Nike claims the Typhoon will be accurate for 50 years, thanks to a special algorithm that considers everything from the moon's pull to the topographical nuances of each beach. Of course, surfers on a tight budget can always check the tide tables in the local newspaper instead...