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...After privately chiding Sharon for his campaign against Yasser Arafat and the Palestinian Authority, the U.S. last week openly denounced his incursion into Ramallah. "The Israelis crossed a line," says a senior Administration official. Secretary of State Colin Powell threatened to cancel Zinni's mission if Sharon did not pull back from all the territories occupied in recent weeks. The President chastised Sharon during a press conference Wednesday, saying the Israeli offensive was "not helpful" to the still moribund peace process...
...cell phone in 2000. Last year, among a rush of other introductions, Samsung started selling the I300, a Palm-based PDA with a built-in wireless phone. Although there are plenty of combo PDA phones on the market, none have sold as well or enjoyed as much acclaim. "People pull these out at meetings to show off, which makes them a walking brand advertisement," says Peter Skarzynski, an STA vice president. "That's what Sony's Walkman did for them." And that's what Samsung's products and a big advertising investment are doing for it. Last year its global...
...during their marriage. (He is estimated to be worth between $700 million and $900 million.) Contracts may not be his strength, but Welch has proved he's still a formidable negotiator. Though many on the HBR staff lobbied for Wetlaufer to be fired for not acting quickly enough to pull her story on Welch after they became involved, she will stay on as an editor at large, a deal the Wall Street Journal reports she negotiated with the coaching of Welch and a legal team he recruited. All this maneuvering has probably left him little time for leisure reading. When...
...wedding the father can't afford, his daughter is dubious about (she has been having an affair with a slick TV host) and many of the guests and servants are distracted from as they pursue their own romantic interests. Though director Mira Nair and writer Sabrina Dhawan manage to pull a persuasively perverse thread through their canvas, their main line of business is frenzy. Anyone who has ever staged a big wedding on a tight budget will adore the many ways they work their central joke...
...just, sharing." Hill shares her problems dealing with fame and at times looks as if she may not make it through her 14-song set. But the sweetness of her voice and flashes of brilliance in Dylanesque songs such as Mr. Intentional and Oh, Jerusalem seem to pull her back--a reminder that no matter what she says, she's a performer after...