Word: toweritis
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Ebbers, 56, is a born dealmaker whose buccaneering presence has begun to tower over the telecommunications world. His success stems from his recognition that a global-communications industry was forming, which seems like a blinding glimpse of the obvious. But he realized that the winners would be the companies that could mass enough capacity to serve the exploding growth of data and Internet traffic on a local, long-distance and international basis. So he got to massing...
...maze design business. He meets with success in his personal life as well. His new wife, Beth, is a beautiful, if self-centered, academic interested in women's studies and religion. Unfortunately, Larry's prolonged midlife malaise and Beth's scramble to the top of the ivory tower conspire to end this marriage...
...said that HRMN is working on a number of projects this year, including a new first-year film, an "ER/NYPD Bluestyle" drama called "The Ivory Tower," and a computer animated cartoon, "Yard Tails...
Zelikow's policy of involvement extends beyond the class to his home, where he lives with his wife and two daughters and was elected to the town's school board. "I think you do better if get out of the ivory tower from time to time," he says...
...tribute to a man, go find something he made. In his 89 years, Burgess Meredith directed two films: The Yin and Yang of Mr. Go was not so good; The Man on the Eiffel Tower (1949) was considerably better, thanks to Charles Laughton, Franchot Tone, and Meredith's own turn as a hapless myopic accused of double murder. Laughton is Inspector Maigret, the portliest policeman since Orson in Touch of Evil, and Tone is Radek, his "Candide"-quoting psychopathic prey. From behind the camera (reportedly with some help from Laughton), Meredith delivers a lean, cerebral mystery with plenty...