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Rumsfeld: Iconoclast, Wrestler??
Back in America, all 14,000 soldiers in the storied 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg, a huge base outside Fayetteville, N.C., shipped out after just 18 hours notice. (They had been told to “get...
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Running Through Mongolia
Horse racing, wrestling, and archery are the big sports in Mongolia. Not so with running. But that doesn’t stop Pennsylvanian Kerry Yankowy from carrying on with it. “I’m a rare bird in Mongolia,” says...
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Looking At WWF New York’s Design
Clair Brothers, located in Lititz, PA, did the lighting, audio, and video design and installation at the WWF. Bill Simmons, lighting designer for the project, says his goal was “a sort of elegant...
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OSRA Made Fantastic Changes In Shipping
The Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 1998 (OSRA), which took effect on May 1, 1999 contains provisions that are letting ocean carriers, shippers, freight forwarders, and consolidators get creative with the...
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From Toilet Seat Covers To Millions!
Larry Pitts, who devised CleanSleeve while serving as an accountant and chief financial officer at Montgomery, Ala-based Colonial Co. (he left the company last year), says he was stunned by the initial...
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Health Care And Immigration Challenge Hospital District System
For people too poor to pay for their health care, residency, rather than citizenship, is the key to being admitted into the hospital district system for free or low-fee nonemergency care. If they live...
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Hollinger’s Board Meetings Remain A Classic Case Of Bad Entertainment As...
The stockholders meeting has always been Hollinger’s annual contribution to vaudeville. This is Conrad Black, who quite easily could take over the roles filled by Sir John Gielgud, and perhaps has...
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Did The Internet Gravely Hurt The Fashion Industry?
Will the Internet sap the creative spirit out of the fashion industry, turning its employees into computer drones? Or will it free people from the tyranny of mundane meetings, to empower them to become...
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Profiling The Man Who Changed USA Network Forever
IDEALLY, THE PROGRAMMING CHIEF FOR a broad-based cable network called USA would be a quintessential American: a second-generation American who looks ahead rather than reflecting on the past; someone...
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In The WWF Vs. WCW Battle, Money Won (Of Course)
While eager to trumpet their own shows’ advertising prowess, both men were also quick to join the war of words that has become part of the USA-TNT battle. TNT now consistently beats USA in the ratings,...
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