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...DIED. ROONE ARLEDGE, 71, visionary ABC television executive who is credited with revolutionizing news and sports coverage and creating a string of hit shows including ABC's Wide World of Sports and Nightline; in Manhattan. Renowned for coining "the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat" tagline, Arledge won almost every award in the industry, including 37 Emmys and broadcasting's most prestigious accolade: induction into the Television Academy Hall of Fame...
...Indophile about travel in the subcontinent, and he'll regale you with tales of bobsledding buses in the Himalayas, great, late trains and the thrill of being in a rickshaw driven by the blind and carefree. "It's all part of the fun," he'll chuckle as he starts in on the night he once shared with a shepherd, two nuns and a flatulent elephant on the Calcutta Express. But while the romance of the Indian road undoubtedly endures, even seasoned voyagers find the charms of New Delhi's choking, lawless traffic fairly thin. There is simply a limit...
Executives in search of a thrill are buying "hot rod" gaming PCs that are about 20 times as fast as the average office machine and sport sleek cases and paint jobs that suggest racing cars. The PCs are made to optimize the wild 3-D graphics and surround sound of video games like Grand Theft Auto 2 and Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4 (and of course they can handle any spreadsheet or logo redesign). Made by private companies like Falcon Northwest, based in Ashland, Ore., and Alienware in Miami, gaming computers are custom assembled and can be personalized with...
Soberon organized his first big fiesta, a 3,000-person bash in Mexico City, as a teen. Now 42 and the founder and CEO of Corporacion Interamericana de Entre-tenimiento (CIE), the largest live-entertainment company in Latin America, Soberon will thrill a larger audience: Grupo Televisa has paid $107 million for a 40% stake in a CIE subsidiary and will broadcast the company's concerts and sporting events throughout Mexico...
...hard travel for a president who likes his personal comforts. But quick stops have the benefit of leaving little time for the ceremonial duties of statecraft. His Prague agenda included sitting through 45 minutes of ballet by the National Dutch Theater, a cultural duty that didn't exactly thrill the president. "He'd rather dance with Gerhard Schroeder," quips one administration aide...