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...entire time sequestered behind closed doors or meditatively walking the often expansive acreage, the monks bless that too. "People come here and think they're supposed to sit in chapel all the time," says Brother John Thomas, a monk at Holy Cross Monastery in New York's Hudson River valley. "You're trying too hard; that's spiritual constipation. God is bigger than that." For people who remember religion as based on threats or guilt, the freedom can lead to a detente with organized religion. "They see this as a halfway house," explains Sister Madeleine Mary of New York City...
Where is the N.R.A.'s courage of its convictions? No guns were allowed at its recent Philadelphia convention! Somehow it is O.K. for members to carry weapons on streets and in malls but not at the convention. What does that say about N.R.A. members? MARTHA FINK Carmel Valley, Calif...
...spring of 1995, Yang and Filo put their doctoral theses on hold and moved into their first office, in nearby Mountain View, in the heart of Silicon Valley, near some railroad tracks. It was a relatively big suite, around 1,700 sq. ft., which they needed for the computer servers that would gather and store the data, and the people who would feed and care for them. But by the end of the year they needed more space and moved into a 12,000-sq.-ft. site in Sunnyvale, where they went public. "We thought, 'This is great...
LOCATION The Sun Valley Lodge in the lush mountains of Sun Valley, Idaho, a winter ski resort about 6,000 ft. above sea level and accessible most easily by gas-guzzling private...
RECREATION Hiking, fly-fishing, an annual raft trip, golf, tennis and hanging out are all popular, but the most pressing activity is dealmaking (and posing for the annual Annie Leibovitz photo). The Disney/ABC merger originated after Eisner and Buffett met on a Sun Valley golf course. Any new deals at this year's conference? Stay tuned for the next few months...