Word: speeding
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...family. Six powerful executives, ranging from Roger Ames of the music group to Terry McGuirk of the Turner networks, run six huge businesses, and their rivalry with external competitors often consumes less energy than their alpha-male, intramural head butting. When the cable division wanted to brand its high-speed cable-modem business Road Runner, the Warner Bros. marketers--with straight faces--tried to extract a billion-dollar licensing fee from their corporate brethren for use of the cartoon bird. If any one thing has made Levin a success, it is his long-range strategic vision. But his willingness...
...does not rely on speed alone--her talented linemates contribute plenty of help. Shewchuk, junior winger Angie Francisco (14 goals, 26 assists) and sophomore center Jen Botterill (15 g, 17 a) make up the most productive forward line in the conference...
...Shewchuk is one of the shortest players in the country, but she uses her speed to give herself plenty of scoring opportunities in the slot. That's what happened in the final minute of a 6-3 victory over St. Lawrence last Saturday, when she took the puck after a face-off in the neutral zone and beat the entire defense down the ice to score from point-blank range...
...past couple of years, high-speed powerboats have begun making the run, smuggling human cargo in a matter of hours for thousands of dollars a head. (Some poor Cubans, who can't afford the steep price, pay their way with exotic birds captured in the forest and sold to the U.S. black market.) But most fleeing Cubans make the trip the old-fashioned way: in rickety craft with weak motors. A good trip takes 10 hours. A nightmare takes days. And for uncounted Cubans swept into the Atlantic during a storm, the journey is eternal. At least 60, including Elian...
...taped the show on Wednesday, the rules had actually changed," he says. "Later the writers had to change things because they didn't expect us to get so far." Even hosts are in demand. "I'm delighted to have him, but Chuck Woolery was a choice based on the speed scenario," concedes Mike Darnell, Fox executive vice president for specials. "I had a week to hire someone." Gene Rayburn died a few months too early...