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...spoken out against the mistreatment of immigrants and in support of antiglobalization demonstrations. Progressive groups such as the Community of Sant'Egidio like him - yet so does the archtraditionalist Opus Dei. He can reach out to the laity as well: in September, the Archbishop showed up at the Monza racetrack for a spin in a Formula One car before the Grand Prix. But Tettamanzi could see his prospects fade. Some feel the Cardinals will again look outside Italy, perhaps to Africa or Latin America, where an unabashed Catholicism is booming. And early buzz could wind up backfiring...
...down 1% since the movie's release. "I haven't noticed any marked improvement since Seabiscuit," says Ryan Worst, an analyst for C.L. King & Associates. "People are smart enough to know that the depiction of an industry 60 years ago does not correlate with the experience at the racetrack today," says Tom Aronson, a racing consultant. "That would be like going to Yankee Stadium and waiting for Babe Ruth to show...
...billion to buy 12 U.S. tracks over the past five years, including Pimlico and Bay Meadows. The company may also bid for the scandal-plagued New York Racing Association's tracks, which include Saratoga and Belmont Park. "I love horses, but I just got bored going to the racetrack," says Frank Stronach, Magna's chairman, who became one of the world's top breeders while he was making billions of dollars selling car seats. "They're so cliquey, so clubby, so badly run. So I decided to jazz them...
Stronach plans to convert each old track into a mini-Vegas with shopping, live entertainment and, most important, "racinos," or racetrack casinos, that fatten purses and improve race quality. But MEC has met an old problem--the hostile statehouse. Racinos are legal in just seven states, and other industries, like hotels, won't let lawmakers legislate slots at tracks at their expense. "Why save racing?" asks Robert Goodman, a professor at Hampshire College in Amherst, Mass., and the author of The Luck Business. "The car companies are struggling--does that mean we should put slot machines in showrooms...
...appealing inventory is only as good as the layout that allows customers to navigate through it and find what they want. Among department stores, which are not widely known for good flow, Kohl's, based in Menomonee Falls, Wis., gets high marks for its "racetrack" format. "It's based on the premise that most people want to navigate around the perimeter of the store," says Kate Delhagen, retail research director for Forrester Research. "Their design guides people that way. There's a wall of merchandise around the outside, and then they can see into the inside from there...