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Other members of the Forbes 400 would also do quite nicely, based solely on their stockholdings in their companies. Philip Knight, Nike's billionaire founder and chief executive, who turned a sneaker into a household name, could save $14 million or more in taxes. Michael Eisner, ceo of the Walt Disney Co., could shave off $1 million. Still others belong to an elite tax-savings fraternity. Most notably: the five members of the Walton clan of Arkansas, the first family of Wal-Mart Stores, who could pocket $187 million...
...paean to his pal, described Hirschfeld as "a pair of liquid brown eyes, delicately rimmed in red, of an innocence to charm the heart of the fiercest aborigine, and a beard which could engulf everything from a tsetse fly to a Sumatra tiger. In short, a remarkable combination of Walt Whitman, Lawrence of Arabia, and Moe, my favorite waiter at Lindy...
...atlas would assist dialectologists by allowing them to track regional dialect trends and population migrations, said North Carolina State University linguistics professor Walt Wolfram...
TRAVEL AND ENTERTAINMENT Walt Disney theme-park managers say they haven't made specific changes to accommodate fat customers, but company staff members say they are now trained to deal sensitively with the obese. As a result, the company has won kudos at the many websites where overweight activists share their experiences and advice. When a customer approaches a turnstile that is obviously too small, Disney employees move quietly to open wheelchair gates. They discreetly pass out seat-belt extenders on some rides and steer large folk away from others, like Indiana Jones, that might prove dangerous to them...
...studio sibling and has optioned O'Reilly's novel Those Who Trespass. So his TV anger may simply be the latest form of media synergy. Besides, Hollywood likes Gibson; moguls wish him well. "If anyone can pull it off, it's Mel Gibson," says Richard Cook, chairman of the Walt Disney Studios, for which Gibson made the megahit Signs. "The project is fraught with all sorts of issues, but I would never bet against...