Word: phils
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...attitude won't be enough to down Nike. Fireman's longtime rival Phil Knight still sits atop a company that commands a market share more than triple Reebok's. And his troops declare that they turned down deals with the NFL and NBA because the licensing business has never been--and never will be--profitable. Instead, Nike's path to the future has shifted from building brand awareness (it hardly needs that now) to gaining a stronger foothold in growth markets like soccer and golf. Adam Helfant, Nike's global sports marketing director, estimates that $50 million in annual revenues...
...South Carolina's Democratic governor would almost surely name someone from his party to fill the vacancy, giving Democrats a leg up in that race. What's more, Republican senators tell me at least three other GOP incumbents - Fred Thompson of Tennessee, Pete Domenici of New Mexico, and Phil Gramm of Texas - are considering leaving when their terms are up in 2002 because they're fed up with the chamber and realize their party won't recapture it for a while...
...highlight of our collaboration came in May, when five of the experts joined TIME's editors for lunch and worked through the list. "The rules were simple," explains Phil. "Every name got a number: 1 for Must Do, 2 for Maybe, and 3 for No Way. I thought our guests would balk at rating their colleagues so crassly, but they played the game enthusiastically, perhaps because as academics and research funders they are skilled at recognizing talent and used to comparing diverse fields...
...lunch, we were down to a few dozen names, and over the next few weeks Phil and the project's two main reporters, Alice Park and Andrea Dorfman, further whittled the list to 18. Any list of the best, of course, is somewhat subjective, but we're confident that everyone in this installment is at the top of their game...
...catch: Vanzant wants to do a show about ordinary people with ordinary problems that don't involve having their in-laws' babies. She's not alone. On Sept. 10, MTV VJ and former BET host Ananda Lewis wants to bring back Phil Donahue-style social issues on her own syndicated talk show. (Both shows will air in most U.S. markets.) But Iyanla (ee-yon-la) and Ananda (an-on-da; wait till David Letterman gets them in the same room) face the common belief that only one mononym can get away with nonsensationalistic talk...