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There is a reckless streak in many of us, a brashness that is usually channeled harmlessly into leisure pursuits like bungee jumping or indulgences such as an extra piece of chocolate-mousse cake. But for James McDermott, 48, the former chief executive of the New York City investment bank Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, that recklessness led to the arms of an adult-video actress and then to the even longer arms of the law. The banker was charged last week with insider trading for allegedly tipping off Kathryn Gannon, 30, better known as Marylin Star, to a series of impending bank...
Amazon.com and other retailers born on the Web did much better, hitting their delivery dates nearly 9 times out of 10. The best performers--seemingly against all odds--were the delivery guys. UPS hired 90,000 extra employees for the dotcom season and managed to keep more than 95% of its promises...
What would Einstein have made of such wild imaginings? Columbia's Greene, for one, thinks he would have loved them. After all, Greene notes in his recently published book, The Elegant Universe, Einstein played around with the idea of extra dimensions as a strategy for producing a unified field theory...
...what would be the first to go," says Damon, who won his Oscar for co-writing Good Will Hunting with Ben Affleck. "But it wasn't a waste of time, because playing the piano informed the way Ripley walked and the way he sat." Besides, he says, flashing his extra-wide grin, "now I can play Bach and Chopsticks and nothing in between...
...because more people are driving trucks and SUVs," says TIME environment editor Charles Alexander. While the new gas and emissions requirements will cost consumers a little bit more at the pump (estimates vary between 2 and 6 cents a gallon) and at the car dealerships (about $200 for the extra equipment), the bulk of the outlay will be borne by oil refiners and automakers. "The car makers were actually reasonably happy with this deal," says Alexander. "They can share the burden of expense and responsibility with the refiners." The automakers' joy is inconsequential, of course, when compared with...