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...Nintendo's habit, maybe even its compulsion, to bet its big franchises from time to time. That's one reason it has been able to transform itself so completely over the years; it began life in the late 19th century as a playing-card manufacturer. It's also the main reason the company keeps really large reserves of cash handy, in case things go awry. Look at the disastrous Virtual Boy, a 3-D game system that was released in 1995 and retired, unmourned and largely unsold, in 1996. Look at the name they come up with for their...
...imposing a very American sensibility on foreign guests. When Disneyland Paris opened in 1992, Disney famously banned wine from park restaurants, much to the dismay of European bons vivants. In Hong Kong, Disney went out of its way to tailor the park to local tastes. Its "imagineers" installed Main Street's first Chinese eatery, along with Fantasy Gardens where Mickey Mouse, local favorite Mulan and other Disney characters reside so tourists can readily snap pictures with them?a priority for many Chinese visitors. Ironically, Disney's most high-profile stumble resulted from being too local. When executives decided to serve...
There are, by one returning exile's count, 238 dance halls and karaoke bars along the main streets of Lhasa, and 658 brothels. Plastic palm trees and mushrooms that play pop songs dot the shiny boulevards. And where in 1978 there were fewer than 500 individually run enterprises in the whole of the Tibet Autonomous Region, more than 5,000 new such enterprises came up in 1993 alone. The Chinese who have occupied Tibet for almost half a century may have failed to destroy it with their bulldozers and guns, but the Lhasa of old has nonetheless been developed...
...soft heart suffuse the work of Hertzberg, a writer and editor at the New Yorker. This collection covers four decades of commentary and observation, from hippiedom to Iraq. On the spot at political conventions and rallies, his reporting rings true. Because he keeps his distance from the main players (and their "minders"), he is free to call them on their foibles. Perennial Democratic Presidential candidate Richard Gephardt is an earthling whose body has been taken over by aliens: "I keep expecting him to reach under his chin and peel back that immobile, monochromatic, oddly smooth face to reveal the lizard...
...country. Facing competition from national chains that add more muscle every year, many small food establishments are finding the strength to compete by exploiting the power in numbers. First called the Council of Independent Restaurants of America, the group started life in 1999 as a conventional trade association; its main activity was organizing well-meaning promotional events like food and wine tastings. About six months ago, it started using the brand name Dine Originals, shortly after forming a coordinated purchasing and marketing pool that helps the little guys save money. Over the past year membership has exploded and now includes...