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Then, in his second stage, he couldn't. Even while he was making serious hay as Nike's and Canon's poster boy--"Image Is Everything"--he was hangin' with Barbra Streisand (!), asking Las Vegas to name streets after him, scarfing doughnuts and sagging on court like a sprung net. He dropped to No. 25 in the world and looked to be one kaput wunderkind...
...assignment to find out whether a person who participates in a daunting adventure can actually learn valuable lessons that apply to work or whether an entire industry has sprung up around entertaining adults under false pretenses. To prepare, I ran up miles of hills carrying a 10-lb. volume of Shakespeare on my back and searched the Internet for information about adventure racing, a fast-growing sport in which small teams navigate over long, difficult courses by kayak or mountain bike, on foot and on horseback. I'm training with members of the Charles Schwab Adventure Racing Club, who believe...
...most romantic figure, a hero endowed with a legend when he was three years old, for which there was no precedent in our history, a hero sprung up from tragedy, the son of the murdered President bearing his name whose life was meant in our minds to redeem that evil day in Dallas. I doubt that there were many Americans who didn't want the best for John F. Kennedy Jr. And when his plane was reported missing on Saturday morning, although there was no precedent, no justification, for television to maintain the vigil that it did, there...
...speculative plans of the potential buyer, Frank Fodera, call for an apartment building which would still preserve the "historical" exterior--as its lobby. When those plans were revealed in late January, "Save the Chapel" signs went up in church windows and a bevy of petitions, meetings and lawsuits sprung out of the surrounding community...
...this summer are likely to consider first how their betrothed spent money as a teen, his or her credit-card balance, and the need for a prenup. Bubble-bursting stuff if you believe love conquers all, yet so practical that a cottage industry peddling financial advice to newlyweds has sprung up like a June flower, reminding us that half of all marriages end in divorce and that money is a main culprit. Several books on money talk for newlyweds have hit the stores, and there's been a blossoming of seminars on couples budgeting. Citibank and Dreyfus distribute tips...