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Madonna's Ray Of Light, the official Windows XP launch song, is cued up. The conference rooms are waiting at 112 locations worldwide, from Beijing to the New York City hotel where Bill Gates will lead a pep rally. And Microsoft's well-oiled p.r. machine has even thought to haul out a new slogan, "Yes You Can"--reasoning that, in light of recent events, "Prepare to Fly" isn't quite right...
...Jackson, took the stage at the Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Alexandria, Va. "Everyone stand up, hold hands with your neighbor and repeat after me," he instructed. Before long, the gymnasium broke into a rousing call-and-response chant. It could have been a school pep rally, except that many of the students and teachers had their heads bowed, and they were calling out prayers for each other and peace on earth. "Afterward we asked our teachers, 'Is he actually allowed to do that?'" recalls senior Ankur Shah, 16, a Hindu who as a young child...
...think that Caitlin is a true leader,” said freshman forward Alisha Moran. “She is inspirational not only in the way she plays on the field, but with things like the pep talks before the game. She is always encouraging...
...long hard winter for the economy - the recession that was inevitable before Sept. 11 will be even deeper now. And as the Bush administration tries to pick its way back to more prosperous ground, the markets will occasionally look to the Treasury for guidance and reassurance, but not empty pep talks...
...sports, and when he heard about its support of the Richmond, Virginia-based Midnight Basketball program, he insisted on seeing it in action. A barely publicized event in mid-April promised little in the way of image-polishing, but Becker went to Richmond anyway, attended a workshop, gave a pep talk, borrowed some socks and sneakers and played ball - all before an audience of only 100 people. A month earlier, he had spent two days working in a Berlin program for juvenile delinquents. He still wants to make a difference. "He's taken a beating," says former U.S. track star...