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...make public appearances as the voice behind Snow White, believing that it would spoil the illusion. Instead, demonstrating a cheery optimism that would have done Snow White proud, Caselotti pursued her own path, taking up opera as a professional singer, playing a bit part in "The Wizard of Oz" and investing in real estate and the stock market...
What Congress member or Administration official dares inform these people that for years they have been getting more than they deserved? "Everyone right now is standing like the scarecrow in The Wizard of Oz, pointing in both directions and looking to see who goes first," says Ari Fleischer, spokesman for the House Ways and Means Committee. "Clearly this reform will not be successful without President Clinton's leadership," says William Roth, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee. Clinton, however, has only asked his economic team to evaluate the report of that panel, which was headed by Michael Boskin...
...classic signs that the market has nowhere to go but down: last spring's record $1.45 million price tag for a seat on the New York Stock Exchange, or mounting margin debt in brokerage accounts, or a raft of fast-selling new investment books--including at least three about wizard Warren Buffet...
...things that way, is Charles Hurwitz, a Houston-based junk-bond wizard who plays the corporate-villain role well. Charlie's sin? He owns the trees, and he'll cut them if he wants to--and does he want to. In 1986 his company, MAXXAM (1995 sales: $2.57 billion), bought Pacific Lumber, the redwoods' owner. Hurwitz visited PL's Scotia, California, mill, and told workers he believed in the golden rule: "He who has the gold, rules." Then he drained $55 million from PL's $93 million pension fund, and cranked up the timber cut to pay off his debt...
...happenstance, we also recently spotted a man doubled over a Pilot on the New York City subway. He turned out to be Andrew Manitsky, a TIME reader, who was scrolling through page after page of sports scores downloaded from the Net. Manitsky, a lawyer who dumped his Sharp Wizard in favor of a Pilot, uses his new palmtop to keep track of schedules, phone numbers and the occasional great notion, as well as a link to E-mail and the Internet. But it's not all work: Manitsky also loads up the palmtop with gaming programs like Tetris and Space...