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Saturday, April 18, 1998
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Pepsi blinks in face of Coke's new onslaught
The battle between arch cola rivals entered a new phase with Pepsi going to court against what, to plagiarise the latest ad-line in the cola wars, is best described as Coke's blatant attempts to steal its thunder, or more appropriately its bunders. Coca-Cola, according to a petition filed by Pepsi, has made enticing offers to several key personnel in its Indian operations with a clear aim to disrupt its functioning.
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Cyberterrorists can byte more than the US can chew
Potential invaders of the United States will not be parachuting onto the Pacific or Atlantic seaboard and shooting their way through. No sirree, they may not even be launching ICBMs from distant countries. Far from it. They will be sitting in quiet anonymous rooms anywhere in the world in front of computer monitors.
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Between the guard and the studio head
William Goldman writes in his Bible on Hollywood, Adventures In The Screen Trade: "In terms of authority, screenwriters rank somewhere between the man who guards the studio gate and the man who runs the studio (this week)." As I am beginning to write a column on the film industry, I feel it only appropriate to start with a meditation on screenwriters, the poor cousins (in their own eyes) of the pure writers.
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Berlusconi wants to come back
Silvio Berlusconi, media tycoon turned politician extraordinary, with a briefly dazzling career as Prime Minister already behind him, is planning a major comeback with his once-glitzy new political vehicle Forza Italia. Forza Italia (Go Italy!) held its first-ever Congress on Thursday in Milan, culminating in a planned 100,000-strong rally on Saturday.
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