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Such beneficiaries of the dog’s daring deeds include Otis, a pet-store owner played by a ballad-crooning Dave Matthews, whose audience consists of parrots, rabbits, and the occasional goat. As the movie’s sole instrument for bringing in the teenage masses, Matthews’ character is, appropriately, depicted as the “magic man”, whose music eventually brings a wandering Winn-Dixie home...
...Buchanan, he just tried to outdo Perot at his own game, setting out again last week to champion some of the Texas billionaire's pet causes. Buchanan's top aides were relaxing in a hotel bar after a long day of campaigning in New Hampshire when someone began reading aloud the first wire story on Perot's new party, and the group started plotting how to respond. Buchanan, however, joined Perot's attack on lavish congressional pensions, an issue stirring fresh voter outrage since the disclosure that disgraced Senator Bob Packwood will receive $89,000 a year for life. Referring...
...Quinn's mother Kate says Quinn uses Elfie-Welfie to play out some very real desires. In Elfie-Welfie's world, Quinn was allowed on the rides at the fair. (In real life, Quinn was too small.) Elfie-Welfie had an orange cat named Stripey. (Quinn desperately wanted a pet.) Elfie-Welfie promised she would give Quinn a little brother or sister. (Quinn is an only child.) "[Elfie-Welfie] was my reality check," says Kate. "There were times I would ask Quinn what she was thinking about, and she would say, 'Oh, I was just thinking about how Elfie-Welfie...
...urban planners were against the foreign-themed project when it surfaced five years ago. "None of us supported the idea," says one municipal advisory-committee member. "But we weren't called in to criticize. We were called in to make the proposal work." The idea, after all, was a pet project of Huang Ju, Shanghai's former Communist Party secretary. But since dreaming up his satellite scheme back in 2000, Huang has moved on to Beijing, where he is now a member of China's Cabinet...
...Compaq and AOL--Time Warner deals, both partners here are marrying from positions of strength. P&G, for one, has had several recent hits, like Crest Whitestrips and Swiffer cleaning products, and Wall Street loves Lafley for increasing operating income and turbocharging the growth of brands like Iams pet food (another acquisition). On the other hand, P&G has never absorbed a company as large as Gillette, with its 30,000 employees, and the price it's paying is steep. "We are skeptical that simply going from $55 billion to $65 billion in revenues really changes all that much," wrote...