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Until a new CEO is on board, Jobs is up to his trim 35-in.-waist jeans in determining Apple's future. "I'm here almost every day," he said, sitting in the boardroom last week, "but just for the next few months. I'm really clear on it." His position is fairly critical to the company's success, according to Edgar Woolard Jr., chairman of E.I. DuPont and one of only two board members who survived the latest assault. "It's conceivable Apple could turn around without Steve, but the probability goes up significantly with Steve. Steve is noted...
...Chirac than a full embrace of the left. The cohabitation may not be easy to manage. Jospin, 59, is an austere former diplomat and economics professor who has promised to change much of the President's economic policy. Chirac, 64, is an instinctive political operator who is determined to trim France's huge welfare state. But they are likely to try to get along. "Neither man seeks a fight," says political analyst Pascal Perrineau. "Chirac doesn't have the means. He's a naked king...
Dunkin' Donuts has never seen decor like this. Owner Duarte M. Carvalho says it cost $100,000 to make his branch of the franchise--elegantly named "The Eliot Street Cafe"--a high-class venture. With granite table-tops, polished wood trim and china cups, don't look for the standard pink and orange decor here...
...Kong's Mass. Ave. rival recently got a face-lift: a new ceiling was added, the carpet was relaid, wood trim was added to the front and the sign was redone to look more elegant. The restaurant had to close for about a month during renovations...
...said, "but it also must make you feel good to know that the few people from San Francisco who did fight for their country would look very trim in their uniforms." Two can play at this insincerity game...