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Pressures from within also helped bring down Pop--a catalog of cluelessness that would make a classic how-not-to business book. Kenneth Wong, who had no Internet experience but oversaw cruise-ship attractions and theme-park rides as Imagineering head for Disney, was put in charge of the site by Katzenberg. Other executives were plucked from the world of multimillion-dollar budgets and told to produce shorts for $10,000. Personal favors were rife: one staff member says Steve Martin got a budget-busting $100,000 for projects, including Gwyneth and Me, a comedy short about his attempts...
...while the Ad Board dealt with 2,150 "routine and special petition" cases in 1999-2000--like requests for make-up exams--it also oversaw 136 discipline cases...
DIED. ROBERT GILRUTH, 86, aeronautical engineer, rocket booster in the early days of the U.S. space program and director of the Johnson Space Center during the Apollo moon landings; in Charlottesville, Va. As director, he oversaw 25 manned space flights...
LUCRETIA "LOULIE" (WEAR) WALKER 1874-1961 Oversaw a privileged and fun-loving household in St. Louis...
...center is appealing its audit.) Investigations by the Memphis Commercial Appeal found still other day-care centers paying their executives six figures while paying their experienced teachers only $6.50 an hour. "The mind-set is that this is money up for grabs," says Dennis Dycus, the state official who oversaw most of the audits. "The systems are set up in such a manner that they promote people to steal--they beg people to steal...