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...some early interviews, she mentioned that her beginning work on the Harry Potter books corresponded briefly with a bad patch in her personal life. She was newly divorced, temporarily out of work, on the dole and living in an unheated Edinburgh flat. To keep them both warm, she would wheel her young daughter into a cafe and sometimes jot down Harry Potter ideas on napkins...
DRIVING MISS DAISY One of the biggest tensions between elderly parents and their children comes when the kids question whether Mom and Dad have lost too much of their eyesight and reflexes to drive a car safely. Few states make sure the elderly are fit to sit behind the wheel. Only Illinois retests older drivers, and attempts to pass a similar bill in California were shelved last week after strong opposition from the senior lobby. Even so, a new poll by the Field Institute reveals that 83% of Californians favor exams for those over 75. Also favoring the tests were...
Three months after admitting they have a serious customer-satisfaction problem ? and assuring Congress they could solve it on their own ?- the nation?s major airlines finally unveiled their self-imposed makeover on Wednesday. United Airlines will wheel out "Mobile Chariot" workstations during flight delays to help stranded passengers with rebooking, and will deploy 600 hand-held baggage scanners at its busiest airports to help find rerouted luggage. Continental promises a top-to-bottom "Customer First" program aimed at improving its communication with passengers. And that?s just to name a couple ?- the Air Transport Association, the airlines' umbrella group...
...before a jury. The two coroners in the case have turned him down on both counts, but al Fayed is appealing. Meanwhile, bodyguard Trevor Rees-Jones, among others, could sue al Fayed's Ritz for civil damages for allowing its improperly licensed and drunken security chief to take the wheel of the Mercedes...
...designers at Denmark's Bang & Olufsen set new standards of cool for home electronics. This fall they hope to lure buyers with their new BeoCom 6000 cordless phone. The wedge-shaped handset (in blue, red, green or black) sits on a pyramid-shaped base and has a dialing wheel that makes it easy to scan and store numbers. Is it worth the $475 price? Good question...