Word: stanley
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...bears the company's name and a deep sense of betrayal by the chief Mouseketeer. Claiming that Eisner made his life "intolerable" at the company, Disney last week resigned from his posts as chairman of the animation division and vice chairman of the board. With his longtime ally, Stanley Gold, who also quit the board, Disney plans to mount a public fight to boot Eisner from the kingdom. The advantage is still with Eisner, a bare-knuckles survivor, but the duo promise to dog him, says Gold, "for as long as it takes...
DIED. JEFF BROWN, 77, author of the children's-book series Flat Stanley; of a heart attack; in New York City. Inspired by a bedtime conversation he had with his two sons, the books tell of a boy named Stanley who is squashed flat by a falling bulletin board and has adventures like visiting his friends by traveling in an envelope...
...Japan: through a single-country version (such as Fidelity Japan), an Asia regional (such as Vanguard Pacific Stock Index) or a diversified foreign fund (such as T. Rowe Price International Stock). Remember that Japan makes up about 9% of the value of all world stock markets, according to Morgan Stanley Capital International. For most folks, a diversified foreign fund with roughly 10% in Japan is plenty. Oakmark International and Tweedy, Browne Global Value offer moderate exposure to Japan; Longleaf International lately has a bigger stake there. all three funds have reasonable fees--and no whiff of the scandal that...
...would be the crown jewel in the career of most other great directors, but Stanley Kubrick’s oeuvre is so solid that many buffs can sensibly rank two or three of his other films alongside it (Dr. Strangelove and Eyes Wide Shut are every bit as good, and The Shining blows all three of them out of the water). There’s no denying, though, that this is Kubrick’s most influential film. But its famously obtuse story still enthralls and its effects work still holds up remarkably well. And then there?...
Michigan coach Red Berenson, who has won the Stanley Cup, two NCAA championships and the NHL Coach of the Year award and has universal respect in the hockey world, made a personal appeal to earlier this season. He stood with his grandson before a packed house on Oct. 17 and asked fans to stop the chant...