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...working-class family and reared in Edmonton, Alta., in western Canada, the 6-ft. 4-in. Ebbers worked as a milkman and bar bouncer before winning a basketball scholarship to Mississippi College, a small Baptist school in Jackson. He stayed on in Mississippi as a basketball coach and hotel owner. Then, in 1983, he met a group of investors who had come to technologically deprived central Mississippi to cash in on the federally mandated breakup of AT&T. Meeting at a diner in Hattiesburg, Miss., the group drew up the plans for LDDS (Long-Distance Discount Services) on a napkin...
...next month. North of Boston in Beverly, Mass., Organic Garden Restaurant just expanded its raw menu to meet popular demand. In Larkspur, Calif., outside San Francisco, the upscale Roxanne's debuted four months ago to rave reviews for its ersatz sushi rice spun from raw parsnips and pine nuts. Owner Roxanne Klein is collaborating on a raw-food cookbook with famed Chicago chef Charlie Trotter...
...compact "Dumped" begins with a drunken shag at a party in London. He, Binny, collects abused books for tantalizing revelations about the previous owner. "This is the section with pages torn out," he says of his collection. "These are crammed full of exam notes." She, Debby, runs a used clothing store. Smitten and desperate Binny finds Debby again and they begin a tenuous relationship. Watson has given us two very convincing male wankers in "Breakfast After Noon" and "Slow News Day," but this time it's the snobbish and secretive Debby who provides the friction. "Binny's not boyfriend material...
...only Nowitzki. The Mavericks, perennial losers in recent years, have turned success story with a veritable UN of hoopsters assembled by deep-pocketed new owner Mark Cuban. Point guard Steve Nash, acquired in 1998 along with Nowitzki, is a Canadian citizen born in South Africa, center Wang Zhizhi - known as the Slinging Beijingian - is Chinese, and rounding out the roster is Eduardo Najera, from Mexico, and Tariq Abdul-Wahad from France...
...Dallas owner Cuban (alas, he's not) explained his international tastes to Sports Illustrated thusly: "Having players that are national heroes adds quite a bit to the team," he said. "Having a whole country counting on you to represent them and win is a whole lot more pressure than an NBA playoff game...