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...Bachchan owes his comeback to two decisions. In debt and with his film projects stagnating, Bachchan agreed to host Kaun Banega Crorepati beginning in 2000. It was a masterstroke. On television Bachchan appeared older and wiser, with a natty beard and banker's suit. And to its delight, India found that the brooding action man of the 1970s was now sophisticated, self-deprecating and witty, exuding comfortable prosperity rather than rebellion?just what was needed at a time when India was dreaming about getting rich. Industrialist Ambani calls Bachchan's new incarnation "the avuncular older citizen who embodies the materialist...
...found today in the backrooms of dealers on Hong Kong's Hollywood Road. Still, there are some truly remarkable treasures on show, like the "Barbarian with Horn," a large sancai (three-color) glazed terra-cotta sculpture of an elaborately dressed man with bulging eyes, a handlebar moustache and full beard. Obviously he is not Han Chinese, and that's what makes figures from the vibrant Tang dynasty so interesting. During this period, trade along the Silk Route was at its height, and foreigners, like this Central Asian carrying a cornucopia-shaped wine vessel, were welcomed and valued...
...with a system that uses Viisage technology. If a trooper sees someone acting suspiciously, the officer can take a digital image of the person, upload it to a database of criminals, and get back any hits. How hard is it for bad guys to game the system with a beard, a baseball cap or colored contact lenses? Mohamed Lazzouni, the company's chief technology officer, says they would have to change their bone structure to spoof the technology...
...Obaidi is a barber, not a cop or a U.S. hireling, and he wasn't aware that he had any enemies. But in the climate of fanaticism that now prevails in Baghdad, barbers are being singled out by Sunni extremists who say that cutting a man's beard violates Islam. "Do what we say," a stranger on the line told him, "or we'll kill...
...five or 10 years time ... it will be a real beard-and-sandals thing. BRYAN MAGRATH, marketing director at Dixons, on the unfashionable 35-mm camera, which the U.K. electronics retailer last week said it would stop selling