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...spectacle -- The Phantom of the Opera, Cats -- dominates New York City's so-called legitimate theater, and stand-up comedy is ubiquitous. In the '90s, Friars Club comedians like Mason have hit Broadway shows, and Andrew Lloyd Webber's Broadway musical Starlight Express has been permanently installed in the showroom of the Las Vegas Hilton. The crossbreeding seems complete...
...game is BattleTech, a 10-minute interactive video extravaganza that plunks you down on a barren, monolith-strewn spacescape to neutralize a platoon of stealthy robots: your opponents. The process is called virtual reality. And Virtual World Entertainment, which besides the Walnut Creek showroom has retail outlets in Chicago, Tokyo and Yokohama (with a San Diego branch due in November), is just part of this burgeoning blend of art, science and razzle-dazz...
...computer buyer I know how easy it is to contract the computer buyer's syndrome: falling in love with all the bells and whistles on display in a computer showroom and wanting to buy the best regardless of cost. But keep in mind that most Harvard students' computers are terribly under-used and they don't even realize it! Also, the money you save from buying a less expensive model (say, a 386SX or Macintosh Centris) may be spent on little goodies such as a CD-ROM drive later...
...wonder it has a broad, flourishing market. On Manhattan's East Side, David Saity sees an influx of international customers in his elegant showroom. But then, this veteran jeweler was accustomed to having Fred Astaire drop by in search of a little bit of luck. Fine specimens need not be pricey. For one thing, gold is still rarely used. "Silver jewelry is a lot less expensive than gold," says Raphael Seidel, owner of Golden Fleece in Albuquerque, New Mexico. "If you lose a silver earring, you don't have to make a trip to your psychiatrist...
...FIRST TIME SINCE SUFFERING COMBINED losses of $13 billion over the past three years, the Big Three U.S. auto manufacturers have each begun to show signs of a rebound. Following a dazzling string of showroom hits that increased sales this year by 25%, Chrysler reported first-quarter earnings of $530 million. Ford's gains have been steadier, but it still managed to double analysts' predictions with net earnings of $572 million. Even General Motors turned a financial corner with quarterly profits of $513 million. Still, all three companies tempered their reports with downbeat expressions of caution. Ford's chairman, Harold...