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Eisner's revival of Disney has made him the current king of Hollywood and the darling of Wall Street. More important, though, is that Disney fans have begun to recognize him as a corporate hero of sorts, a long-awaited, trustworthy heir to Walt. Eisner has established himself as a charismatic, young-dad figure by appearing each week as the host of the Disney Sunday Movie, where the husky-voiced executive clowns with Mickey, Minnie and other colleagues. "This job is so perfect for him," says Dawn Steel, president of Columbia Pictures and a former co-worker at Paramount...
Travel agents, hotels and tour operators are also embracing the trend. In October, Walt Disney World introduced Magical Gatherings, a package for multihousehold groups. Sporting-event agencies that specialize in corporate outings to the Super Bowl or the Kentucky Derby are organizing more trips for smaller groups of buddies. And a bevy of resorts and hotels are fashioning female-friendly packages. Last year the Four Seasons Hotels in Atlanta, Miami and Chicago created "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" weekends. The tres girly Chicago trip, for example, features makeovers at Neiman Marcus, tickets to the Oprah Winfrey Show...
...Stephen M. Walt, academic dean of the Kennedy School of Government and Belfer professor of international affairs, said that he was not convinced the capture will have a significant effect...
...Walt said that he did not expect Saddam’s capture to affect American politics...
...issue was never Saddam himself,” Walt said. “The question is whether capturing Saddam is going to affect the situation in Iraq...