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...DIED. JOHN ENTWISTLE, 57, virtuoso bass player who cofounded The Who, of an apparent heart attack; in Las Vegas. One of the seminal British rock groups to emerge in the early 1960s, The Who were known for their stellar guitar playing, onstage mayhem, and for inventing the rock opera with the celebrated Tommy. The band members retired in 1982 but continued to reunite for tours. DIED. ANN LANDERS, 83, whose real name was Esther ("Eppie") Pauline Friedman Lederer; in Chicago. Landers' syndicated column delivered saucy advice on topics ranging from household problems, such as how to hang a toilet-paper...
...Politely ignored at first, he finally hooked a young woman and carefully played a tune that somehow avoided the twisted stops and smashed keys. She was impressed. What she didn't realize - apart from the dubious quality of the merchandise - was that the peddler was in fact Viorel, the bass player of Taraf de Haïdouks, the gypsy band she had paid good money to see, and that his ditty was in effect the first tune of the evening's performance. Downstairs other band members, a sort of extended musical family spanning three generations, were swigging wine and fiddling...
...First-ever Miss China named second runner-up in Miss Universe pageant, then attacks Miss Taiwan for claiming to be an "independent woman" KIM DAE JUNG, JUNICHIRO KOIZUMI Beleaguered leaders of Korea and Japan hold hands during World Cup ceremonies. Crowd loves it. Candlelight dinner is scheduled Losers LANCE BASS Russians say they're not sure 'N Syncer is fit to be next space tourist. Music world disagrees, and backs plan to launch him into the void KJELL MAGNE BONDEVIK Norway's PM nabbed for unwittingly smuggling two huge ivory tusks. He says he packed them by mistake, thinking they...
Billings also keeps busy singing bass in his local choir and lending his reassuring drawl to voice-overs for documentaries. And he hasn’t forgotten his early pursuits—he now acts in and directs shows at the Alameda Repertory Theater, which he founded, and writes editorials for his local newspaper...
Pity the CEO who thinks he can be a know-it-all micromanager and still succeed. In Unnatural Leadership (Jossy-Bass), executive coaches David L. Dotlich and Peter Cairo list 10 guidelines that today's best executives are adopting. Among them: inviting change, being approachable and considering the views of the mail-room kid with the green hair. "We tell our clients, 'You have to win your followers every day,'" says Dotlich. Some of the unnatural acts the authors recommend are: "Coach and Teach Rather Than Lead and Inspire," "Expose Your Vulnerabilities" and "Trust Others Before They Earn It." Cairo...