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...empire. And while Fiat's fortunes have rollercoastered, Elkann has been methodically groomed into what many hope will be one of Europe's top business leaders for decades to come. Guiding an entrenched business dynasty [an error occurred while processing this directive] in a competitive global marketplace is a tall order for the tall executive, a lofty 1.9 m though still baby-faced. "He is now the point of reference for what is quite a sprawling family empire," explains Giuseppe Berta, professor of economic history at Milan's Bocconi University, and author of the recent book, The Fiat After Fiat...
...DIED. Luis Jimenez, 65, who with his towering fiberglass sculptures of illegal immigrants, fiesta dancers and ruddy cowboys became one of the most important artists to depict Latino culture; after a piece of a 10-m-tall sculpture he was crafting for Denver International Airport fell as it was being transported, crushing him; in Hondo, New Mexico. The Chicano artist celebrated working life in energetic pieces like Man on Fire?based on the Aztec emperor Cuauhtemoc, executed by Spanish colonists for his resistance?which is now in the Smithsonian's National Museum...
...Hillary and Tenzing were two cheerful and courageous fellows doing what they liked doing, and did, best, and they made an oddly assorted pair. Hillary was tall, lanky, big-boned and long-faced, and he moved with an incongruous grace, rather like a giraffe ... Tenzing was by comparison a Himalayan fashion model: small, neat, rather delicate, brown as a berry, with the confident movements of a cat. Hillary grinned; Tenzing smiled. Hillary guffawed; Tenzing chuckled. NEITHER OF THEM SEEMED PARTICULARLY PERTURBED BY ANYTHING; ON THE OTHER HAND, NEITHER WENT IN FOR UNNECESSARY BRAVADO ... Both devoted much of their lives...
...group's corporate piety extends to the boss' pay. Though the business house carries his name, Ratan Tata merely draws a salary from Tata Sons. And while hardly poor, he takes personal modesty seriously. Tall, guarded and retaining the outsider's accent he picked up in an earlier life as a trainee architect in the U.S., he is famously private. He lives with his two German shepherds, Tito and Tango, in the same second-floor apartment in Bombay that he has kept for 20 years. He is one floor below his stepmother, and neighbors say they have never known...
DIED. Luis Jimenez, 65, who with his towering fiberglass sculptures of illegal immigrants, fiesta dancers and ruddy cowboys became one of the most important artists to depict Latino culture; after a piece of a 32-ft.-tall sculpture he was crafting for Denver International Airport fell as it was being transported, crushing him; in Hondo, N.M. The Chicano artist celebrated working life in energetic pieces like Man on Fire--based on the Aztec emperor Cuauhtemoc, executed by Spanish colonists for his resistance--which is now in the Smithsonian's National Museum...