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...Cirque style--circus acts (no animals, just humans) with the gloss of stage magic and a mysterioso musical score--is no longer an automatic astonishment; form has congealed into formula. Putting one of its extravaganzas, Mystere, in a Las Vegas casino and planning new shows in Vegas and Walt Disney World are moves that rob Cirque of its old street-theater purity. Then there are all the mimes: twee kitsch for which no enterprise can be forgiven. So with its fifth international touring show, Quidam, now in its U.S. premiere in Santa Monica, California, we should probably say so long...
...When the Walt Disney Company presented the grand opening of Celebration, Florida, two weeks ago, the masters of make-believe showed that they could build a real-life town. Set on 1,900 acres south of Orlando, Celebration is the name of a large-scale housing development which Disney built and will manage. The town was especially designed to facilitate community gatherings and neighborly interaction. Houses have front porches, picket fences and other amenities often overlooked in modern construction. Years before "family values" hit the limelight of the political scene, Disney had already begun planning this $2.5 billion project...
...there was no such thing as the Establishment. If so, it was Bundy as much as anyone who brought about the end of an era in which foreign policy was entrusted to a noble club of gentlemen secure in their common outlook and bonds of trust. As his successor Walt Rostow recalled thinking at the end of the 1968 meeting of elders that Bundy helped convene, "The American establishment is dead...
...battle for the 401(k) market is expected to get nasty. "The competition is incredible right now. Incredible!" says Christopher Zyda, director of investments for the Walt Disney Co., who oversees $1.3 billion in 401(k) money for its employees. "We've looked at some of Fidelity's key competitors and realized that the fee structure has decreased significantly. As a result, we were able to negotiate a much better fee structure with Fidelity...
Before her two-week stay at the Miss America pageant in Atlantic City, Turner and the 49 other state winners spent four days vacationing in Orlando, Fla., the home of Walt Disney World...