Word: branson
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...into which Virgin Atlantic flies are all Y2K ready, and the airline has been certified as Y2K ready by government agencies. Our decision not to fly over the millennium is pure and simple in its intentions: we want everyone to have a New Year's Eve to remember. RICHARD BRANSON, CHAIRMAN Virgin Atlantic Airways London...
...does it conjure up? "You can't just put out a doodad with a name slapped on it," insists Michael Stone, co-director of New York's Beanstalk Group, another large licensing agency. Missteps abound among those who have held that simplistic view. Take Virgin Clothes: British entrepreneur Richard Branson has successfully etched his Virgin trademark onto a host of products, from CDs to cola. But his apparel line is struggling, mainly because its initial styles were pricey and somewhat conservative, which went against the trendy and value-conscious image originally established by the airline Virgin Atlantic...
...SITE] Branson...
NAME: Wayne "Slayed 'em in Vegas" Newton D.O.B.: 4/3/42 OCCUPATION: smartly clad crooner BEST PUNCH: Locked Orlando out of the Branson, Mo., theater at which they both performed and that they once co-owned, alleging that Orlando owed him $2 million...
DIED. BOXCAR WILLIE, 67, country singer; of leukemia; in Branson, Mo. Born Lecil Travis Martin, Boxcar was the son of a railroad man and grew up alongside a train track. In the 1960s he spotted a hobo who reminded him of Willie Nelson and was moved to write the song Boxcar Willie. After 22 years in the Air Force, where he logged 10,000 hours as a flier, he adopted the hobo persona of stubble and a crumpled...