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...alarm in the cockpit and a couple of private aircraft in the vicinity ? space shuttle Discovery blasted off a mere 20 minutes behind schedule on an otherwise clear, cloudless launch day. "I feel like a kid at his first Christmas," President Clinton said earlier as he watched from the roof of the John F. Kennedy Space Center. He wasn?t alone. Millions of visitors had flocked to the Cape, hoping to catch a little bit of the Glenn magic. And Glenn himself? "A little different trip this time" was all the Friendship 7 veteran would say at the goodbye ceremony...
...Caesars Palace, looking like the architectural dream of an illiterate Mussolini; and alongside it are the Forum Shops at Caesars, a sort of baroque moon colony completely sealed off from the outside world, with computer-controlled sky effects that cycle from rosy-fingered dawn to purple dusk on the roof vaults above, and pastiche Roman statuary, and outlets for every brand name you ever heard of: Gap, DKNY, Gucci, Sharper Image, Banana Republic, Calvin Klein...
...funds, stocks and bonds from different shops when you can manage them all under one roof? That's the pitch behind the new, downscale brokerage services of Vanguard, the nation's second largest fund family, best known until now for its index funds. To compete with discount brokers like Fidelity and Charles Schwab, Vanguard last week announced it will lower commissions on stock trades and expand its non-Vanguard offerings. Online trading will also debut by Christmas...
Have a fetish for southern accents, slutty women, and dysfunctional relationships? Check out Tennessee William's classic, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. (Despite the seemingly misleading title, no live animals of any sort were subjected to torture for this production.) 8 p.m., Actors Playhouse, Notre Dame Education Center, 50 W. Broadway, South Boston. $10 for students...
Dining: The Dining Room (Continental); Roof Restaurant (Seasonal Dining, Dancing, Sunday Brunch); The Bar (Gourmet Buffet Lunch, Raw Bar, Boston's "Best" Martinis...