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...hype surrounding the first Guns N' Roses tour in nearly a decade seemed specious from the start, as only one original member of the band was involved. And he was the most volatile. Axl Rose failed to appear for the tour's opening show on Nov. 7 in Vancouver, allegedly owing to travel problems. Fans--fueled by thwarted nostalgia or beer--rioted. Then Rose, after playing to some half-empty stadiums, went AWOL again, in Philadelphia on Dec. 6. Again fans rioted. Last week, without giving a specific reason, the tour promoter canceled all remaining dates. Fans so far seem...
...ANOTHER ROSE MAY BE BLOOMING AGAIN...
...PETE ROSE may have a questionable past, but darn, the fans love him. Which may explain why baseball commissioner Bud Selig has been negotiating to lift the lifetime ban on the all-time hits leader and make him eligible for the Hall of Fame. In 1989 Rose was accused of betting on baseball while manager of the Cincinnati Reds. An investigation produced strong evidence that he had done so, but Rose steadfastly refused to admit it. Instead, he copped to betting on other sports and accepted his banishment for life. That "for life" part has struck some baseball fans...
...hands and learning to fly themselves from appointment to appointment. Student starts are at their highest level since 1993, says Phil Boyer, 61, president of the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA). The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) reports that the number of new student pilots flying single-engine planes rose 6% this year through Nov. 2, compared with the same period last year, to a total of 58,747. While no one tracks the number of executives among those students, the National Business Aviation Association, a nonprofit group, says that since February, 6% more businessmen are flying themselves in their...
MAGGIE WILDEROTTER Technology Trailblazer After starting in accounts receivable at a software firm, she rose rapidly in the telecom industry and eventually built Wink Communications into the world's largest interactive-TV service. Now Wilderotter, 47, is the highest-ranking woman at Microsoft; she was just named senior VP of business strategy and given a mandate to increase sales to governments and schools...