February 7, 1999

Behind the Wheel article appraises Saturn SC2, coupe with small third door; photo (M)

John Cleese of Monty Python and Fawlty Towers fame shares some of the things he has learned about management in 25 years of making management training videos for Video Arts Ltd, a London-based company he founded; his current enthusiasm is Hare Brain, Tortoise Mind, book by Guy Claxton; it argues that business requires logical, fast, machine-like thinking of the hare combined with the slower, less focused, more playful mind of the tortoise, which is essential for creativity and innovation; photos (L)

Saturn's three-door coupe has safety features different from so-called 'suicide doors' of old, although it has similar look when open; Saturn's rear door cannot be opened unless front door is open, and Saturn's latches undergo rigorous testing and must meet Federal standards; photos (M)

Special report, Master of the Games, profiles Juan Antonio Samaranch, who has been president of scandal-plagued International Olympic Committee since 1980; Samaranch seems to have had little enthusiasm for uncovering wrongdoing in Olympic movement and may have encouraged it through own example as he pursued consuming goal of broadening and enriching Olympics; while there is no evidence that he sought personal enrichment, demands for controls and transparency were familiar to him; yet, he failed to pressure Committee members to resist seductive blandishments; he has had scant exposure to strictures of public accountability and his career path, from Govt functionary in Franco's Spain to president of IOC, appears to have left him out of phase with his times; photos (L)

Michiko Kakutani comment on work of Arthur Miller in light of 50th anniversary production of his play Death of a Salesman; photos (M)