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...Powell, the challenge isn't to attract offers--he gets a plastic Postal Service bin full of letters each day. The challenge is to separate the ideas that will work from other well-meaning but impractical ones. For instance, he likes American Express's summer program that pays teachers to train students in the travel-agency business. "I asked them to double it to 5,000 kids." He realized during his book tour that remaindered books get destroyed. "I told Harry Evans [his publisher at Random House] to figure a way to get these books to kids." He pulls...
When Bollenbach fled the executive loony bin at Disney for Hilton last year, he quickly developed a new strategy for the well-known but mediocre company. In lodging, he wanted to expand Hilton's traditional presence in the full-service-hotel sector in the U.S. and abroad. In gaming, he saw Hilton as a buyer in an industry that was consolidating. To finance acquisitions, he would take advantage of low interest rates and Hilton's strong balance sheet...
...learned to use a rifle and to prime explosives. He met militant Muslim activists from throughout the Middle East, listening to them preach revolution against corrupt rulers who collaborated with the decadent and immoral West. After returning to the kingdom, Said followed the diatribes of Saudi exiles, including Osama bin Laden, a millionaire stripped of citizenship for denouncing King Fahd and demanding the expulsion of U.S. troops. Soon the thoughts of Said and his comrades turned to rebellion...
...large bin of holiday pillows empties out almost as quickly as the staff can replenish it. Across the floor the supply of a dozen treadmills is getting dangerously low. And forget about buying an electric wreath or 3-D star for Christmas. Gone...
...beneficial--though fraught with palace intrigue--as in tiny, thumb-shaped Qatar (pop. 500,000). Eighteen months ago, Hamad, trained at Britain's Sandhurst Military Academy, was merely an heir apparent. Then he staged a bloodless coup that ended the 23-year reign of his father Sheik Khalifa bin Hamad al-Thani, 64, who had developed an unseemly fondness for liquor and opulent palaces. Since then, Qataris have witnessed one of the bitterest Arabian family spats in memory, involving cash and arms, ritual and reform. Only last week did a cease-fire seem to take hold. Khalifa appeared to renounce...