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...Square to catch a glimpse of the Pope lying in state. The Vatican estimates there are 600,000 people a day filing past the body - seven people every second. And Italian media estimates are closer to 1 million. Even then, some are left disappointed: Carmella Paolillo had taken an overnight train from her small town near the southern city of Salerno to pay her respects. But by day's end, after waiting nearly 10 hours, she had to give up, with the Basilica finally in sight. "I'm so sorry. And it's not because I'm tired...
...watched the gathering rebellion more closely than Brian Dyson, the president of Coca-Cola USA. A lanky native of Argentina, Dyson had the duty of monitoring overnight reports on consumer reaction. By late May, the findings were looking bad. Dyson concluded that "people had fallen in love with the memory of old Coke" and wanted little to do with...
...teenage hormonal fire storm, he could find his way to that imaginary land where Borg plays Tilden, and Laver goes against Budge, in the dream draws of endlessly fantasizing fans. For now, though, he is just a gaudy note in the annals of a game that delights in its overnight successes, then makes up its mind about authentic greatness with becoming, almost anachronistic, slowness. --By Richard Schickel. Reported by Steven Holmes/London and John Kohan/Leimen
...also represented Basquiat. Today she still has a thriving business at two locations in Manhattan. And as she sees it now, she did not so much create the new realities of the '80s market as respond to them. "Because of the Wall Street boom, the collector base quadrupled overnight," she says. "The art world didn't know how to deal with...
...Kinabalu, Malaysia, 4,101 m Southeast Asia's highest mountain gets its name from Aki Nabalu ("Mountain of the Dead")?the term used by the local Kadazan people, who believe their ancestors inhabit its highest peaks. Start the trek early from Kinabalu Park HQ, and you can make your overnight stop at the guesthouse at Laban Rata (3,300 m) in time for dinner. Most climbers rise around 3 a.m. the next day to start the final assault on the summit, Low's Peak, and catch the sunrise. Guides can help you identify the unique mountain flora?like...