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Priscilla Painton deftly led the team of more than 50 people around the world who worked on this issue for the past four months. Eric Pooley, Janice Simpson, MaryAnne Golon and D.W. Pine were her four lieutenants, editing stories, assigning photographers and designing the pages. For our cover, we wanted an elegant image that conveyed the power of 9/11 without shouting, so Arthur Hochstein assigned the task to artist Robert Rauschenberg. I think his collage, with its layering of news photos and flowers, preserves the moment beautifully. I hope you agree...
...ROYALTIES FIT, YOU MUST ACQUIT: In October, St. Martin's/Dunne will publish "A Lawyer's Life," a memoir by O.J. Simpson lawyer Johnnie Cochran, with David Fisher. PW is critical. "Unfortunately, this memoir reads as though it was dictated to co-author Fisher; it drifts from one legal war story to the next, often repeats details and occasionally leaves thoughts dangling. And that's a shame, because Cochran's experience gives him the authority to utter some uncomfortable truths, among them that justice is is often reserved for the wealthy...
...American Idol,” which had a set adorned with Coca-Cola paraphernalia, is indicative of marketing strategies to come. It’s only a matter of time before we see “Friends” switching from Central Park to Starbucks or Homer Simpson chomping on Krispy Kremes at the Kwiki Mart. Mmmm…Krispy Kreme...
Extremophiles also represent a biotech bonanza, pumping out unique substances that could be invaluable in all sorts of industrial and medical applications (see box). Polymerase chain reaction (PCR), for example, the DNA-amplifying method used most famously in the O.J. Simpson murder trial, exploits an enzyme manufactured by a Yellowstone extremophile...
DIED. ARNOLD WEINSTOCK, 77, industrialist who headed one of Britain's largest conglomerates, General Electric Co. (gec), and ensured its success for 33 years; in Wiltshire, South England. Known for penny-pinching and attention to detail, Lord Weinstock was ousted from gec in 1996 and succeeded by Lord Simpson, who renamed the company Marconi plc and changed its focus to it and communications. A casualty of the dotcom and telecom crash, Marconi plc's value is now around 115 million, which is around 140 million less than what it was worth when Lord Weinstock took the reins...