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...heard a story that I'll never forget. It was told by Iowa Governor Tom Vilsack, who was addressing a small audience in Washington. A military helicopter pilot from Iowa, serving in Iraq, was killed when he noticed a ground-to-air missile headed his way and, in a split-second reaction, swerved his chopper so that he and his co-pilot would take the hit and his 18 passengers would be spared. Vilsack placed a condolence call to the widow, who stopped him in midsentence. "I think about it this way," the woman said. "Those 18 men needed...
...partner in a steel company. Lakshmi graduated with a business degree from the élite St. Xavier's College in 1969 and joined his father's firm before branching out on his own. "He was very strong in numbers," recalls Sisir Bajoria, a fellow Xavier's student. Mittal split from his father and two younger brothers in 1994 for reasons they don't discuss. He took the international arm, with interests in Indonesia and Trinidad and Tobago, and the rest of the family kept the domestic Indian business. Since then, Mittal has left the other side of the family behind...
...terribly surprising when a couple of kids like Britney and Justin or a couple of oddballs like Angelina and Billy Bob split up. But LANCE ARMSTRONG and SHERYL CROW had seemed different--steeled by age (he's 34; she's 43) and serious about their commitments (seven Tour de France wins and nine Grammys don't come easy). Yet after a five-month engagement, Armstrong and Crow called it quits in a statement asking for "privacy during this very difficult time." O.K., though we are curious about what happens to the 6-carat rock she showed Barbara Walters last year...
...Providence, R.I.: the Bears (3-13-5, 2-9-3) have netted just one victory since mid-November, a string of 17 games. Meanwhile, Harvard sits in a fourth-place tie with Dartmouth in the ECAC standings, and just six league games remain before the postseason tournament. The Crimson split last weekend’s home contest, beating Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 3-1 but losing 2-1 to Union the following night. “We’re disappointed with [that] loss,” said Harvard coach Ted Donato...
...prospect of losing Pixar, whose movies have grossed more than $3.2 billion at the box office worldwide. Its finance-and-distribution deal was set to expire after the release of Pixar's Cars this June. Even worse, the companies nearly split in a War of the Roses--style divorce as friction mounted between Jobs and Eisner over terms of a new partnership. That fracture helped ignite a shareholder revolt against Eisner. When Iger took over, one of his first calls was to Jobs...