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...along the flood tide of cash rolling out of the ebullient new economy in return for lucrative bank fees. When she wanted to snatch the business of the rich Moscow-based Inkombank away from Republic National Bank in 1992, says Emanuel Zeltser, a lawyer who worked for the Russian outfit, "Natasha said the Bank of New York would not be so inquisitive" about Inkombank's massive money transfers through New York to obscure offshore companies. "This is how she got a lot of the Russian banks to do business with her," he says. "It was an open secret over there...
...first-years want to make friends and sophomores want to look old, what about juniors? I regressed--it was third grade and the first day of school was the most exciting event in months. And part of that excitement was the new outfit I would get to wear for the first day of school, along with the new teachers, the new kids, and the third graders' spot at the playground...
...approaching my third year here, I realized that I pretty much knew what I was getting into--had the concepts of sectioning and sourcebooks, TFs and tutorials down pat. Nothing was new. But wearing a nice outfit made the day unusual, made it the start of something new, a feeling that for me--as a junior--has become a rare occasion here...
...company that's doing this in the biggest way is NeoPlanet. If you've heard of them, you probably know them as the outfit that made the Austin Powers browser. When you install NeoPlanet's software (it's free, but you need to have a PC running Internet Explorer 4.0) what it does, essentially, is bury your copy of IE inside a new improved interface. The cool thing is, NeoPlanet's interface is better. MORE...
...rooked by the remake--it lacks the original's kitschy cool--but they'll surely remember "the Dress": a black peekaboo number worn by Rene Russo that is snug as a body stocking and virtually transparent. Like the diaphanous gown Marilyn Monroe donned for J.F.K.'s birthday, Russo's outfit is a sheer delight. "The costume designer just brought it in one day, folded up to the size of a handkerchief," recalls Russo, who gazed through the gossamer and asked, "Why don't you just paint some glitter on my body instead?" After a few test shots, she shrieked...