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...Elizabeth Dole becomes President, I hope we can find a more fitting title for her husband than "First Man," a term which you seemed to find appropriate [NOTEBOOK, Nov. 17]. If Hillary is the First Lady, then Bob Dole should become the First Gentleman. Besides being the correct successor to First Lady, it would be quite appropriate for Bob Dole. But I suspect the press won't like it. First Husband, perhaps? RUFFORD HARRISON Washington...
First came A Very Special Christmas, an assortment of classic holiday tunes and original compositions by artists from all music genres. Five years later its successor, A Very Special Christmas 2, raised total proceeds from both albums to more than $38 million for the Special Olympics--the most money ever raised by a benefit album series. The 10th anniversary of the original album brings with it a brand new Christmas compilation which is even more surprising and magical than its predecessors. A Very Special Christmas 3 ranges from classic Christmas tunes to rock-and-roll romps with a great variety...
DIED. HAROLD GENEEN, 87, empire builder; of a heart attack; in New York City. During his 18 years as CEO of International Telephone & Telegraph (1959 to 1977), Geneen used some 300 takeovers to build ITT into one of history's most sprawling conglomerates, only to see a successor, Rand Araskog, strip down the company to its hotel-and-gaming core, which is likely to be sold...
...Prime Minister--he once ordered a hit on George Bush. He has tried to build atom bombs and, U.N. inspectors believe, he is working to amass a stock of nerve gas and germ weapons. Finally--and this is crucial--he himself is the problem. Iraq experts agree that any successor, no matter how thuggish, would be less powerful, less malevolent, less dangerous. Isn't it moral--as with Hitler in 1938--to take this one life before he takes thousands more, or hundreds, or even...
...broadcasters start to roll out high-resolution programming in the next few years, more viewers will find a reason to be immersed in a movie-theater environment. "The future of home theater is in digital TV," says Dataquest analyst Jonathan Cassell. At the same time, DVD, the next-generation successor to videotapes and CDs that is hitting the market, promises superior audiovisual quality. The final touch: futuristic flat-panel TVs that hang as elegantly on a wall as a Renoir...