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Carter was feted at some of the most fashionable spots in New York City. Restaurant patrons, overhearing his claim to fame, would come up and ask for his autograph. Photo editors at the major magazines wanted to meet the new hotshot, dressed in his black jeans and T shirts, with...
Tales of the new leader's supposed ill health are circulating to account for his absence from public view. Some say he has diabetes; others mention cirrhosis of the liver. There is no evidence for those claims, and some well- informed experts say Kim has always operated in secrecy and...
The Saturday meeting indeed proved dramatic. With a voice vote and show of hands, the N.A.A.C.P. board, with 59 of 64 members present, overwhelmingly decided to oust its executive director Benjamin Chavis Jr., 46, who had been beleaguered by tales of sexual harassment and financial mismanagement. Preparations had been tense...
Dozens of companies are rushing to cash in on the boom. They range from Microsoft, which last fall launched a fast-growing line called Microsoft Home that puts out education, entertainment and reference products, to such start- ups as Big Top Productions, a San Francisco software designer with 26 employees...
SIX-TO-10-YEAR-OLDS: Kidware for this group must be demanding enough to keep children interested but not so tough as to cause them to switch off their machines. Davidson & Associates' Math Blaster, a venerable series that has sold 1.6 million copies since 1983, freely borrows video-game techniques...