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...that playwrights as talented as Bennett and Robertson must resort to such shifts in focus in order to tell the simple and compelling story of a man or woman gone mad? Countless novels, from Notes from Underground to One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, depict the inner lives of deeply troubled individuals, as do untold numbers of movies. But novels and movies share a subjectivity that drama categorically lacks. Both can get inside the heads of their characters in a way that no piece of theater...
...need to opt out of the collective din, you can put on headphones. At ad agency Ground Zero in Los Angeles, chairman Jim Smith reports, "everyone's computer plays music, so they wear their headphones and create their own worlds." At idealab! several people resort to this strategy. "I have no idea what they're listening to," says Horwitz...
Shareholders generally accept that going private is sometimes the only resort for companies, because many are in sectors that may never rebound. But some share prices are so depressed that even when premiums of 50% to 60% are paid to buy them out, the deals don't fully represent the companies' value...
...dreaming of a white Christmas, head to Nub's Nob in northern Michigan. Overlooking Lake Michigan's Little Traverse Bay, Nub's Nob has the same likelihood of snowfall as any other resort. With 141 of its own patented snow guns, though, Nub's Nob can turn 7.2 million gal. of water into white magic every day. The reliably skiable snow on its 41 trails won the resort kudos from Ski magazine...
...always snowy Nub's Nob and its low-key attitude. "You never feel the stress that you feel at other ski areas," says Laila. During their Christmas vacations, they have tried it all: rental homes, hotels and condos www.nubsnob.com) Now they have their own vacation home minutes from the resort so they can play host to their extended family for the holidays...