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...corridor. In May alone, CapNet and its member companies were host to 44 members of the House and Senate in eight forays. The visitors included House Speaker Dennis Hastert, the nation's most prominent Republican, and three of the Senate's most prominent moderate Democrats--Evan Bayh of Indiana, Bob Graham of Florida and Joseph Lieberman of Connecticut. CapNet has specialized in educating rather than simply financing politicians. "We've had almost a hundred members of Congress out for a visit, including the Congressional Black Caucus," boasts Tim Hugo, CapNet's executive director...
...BOB KORZENIEWSKI, 43 If there is one man who understands the transition from old Washington to new, it's Bob Korzeniewski, CFO of Network Solutions. An accountant by training, Korzeniewski worked for a decade for SAIC, a research and engineering firm. In 1995 SAIC bought Network Solutions, then the sole registrar of names on the Internet. Since that time Korzeniewski has inspired Network Solutions to morph from government grantee to NASDAQ darling, orchestrating the company's successful 1997 initial public offering. Last year many analysts predicted Network Solutions would be crushed when it had to give up its monopoly...
...that even now seem incomprehensible. At 10 months, having spent his infancy watching his dad hit golf balls in the family garage in Cypress, Calif., Tiger picked up one of Earl's clubs and smacked a ball into the practice net--left-handed. He won a putting contest against Bob Hope at two. By six he was playing and beating 18-year-olds...
...Football, like all your big American pastimes, is a metaphorical arena. So who better to announce it than this country's poet laureate of simile? It's not just a game. Sports are analogies for all our finest hopes and truest dreams. Hey, I never said I stopped watching Bob Costas' lofty basketball play-by-play...
...beer until a congressional aide tossed us out." All of Philadelphia was a party--and it was difficult not to stumble over famous feet. Says Frank: "Richard Roundtree--the original Shaft--sat on the couch watching John McCain at the podium. I spoke to Trent Lott, Jerry Falwell and Bob Livingston within an hour. George Stephanopoulos backed into me and apologized." One of the rare times he'll ever do that...