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With fairways resembling Benetton ads, Bivens must focus on growing the sport internationally as well as capitalizing on impressive U.S. results: of the first six tournaments this year, Americans won five; Ochoa captured the sixth. "What's going on is eerily similar to when women's tennis blew up a decade ago," says John Mascatello, president of SFX Golf. After years of a few players dominating, the arrival of the Williams sisters spawned a Tiger Woods effect, heightening global competition. Today, Asia is the fastest-growing sector in TV, with women's golf in Japan garnering double the ratings...
...Despite this generosity, pressure to pass an anti-Tompkins bill in Congress could be strong. The presence of other high-profile foreigners fuels passions here. The Italian clothing giant Benetton holds 2.2 million acres in sheep farms in Patagonia and has clashed with the indigenous Mapuche people over land ownership. Another high-profile foreigner is American media magnate Ted Turner, who indulges a taste for trout fishing on his Patagonian estate...
...remainder): Spicy grilled fish courtesy of Malay chefs compete with juicy pork dumplings from the Chinese and the flaky delights of Indian breads. Around me, Muslims, Buddhists, Christians, Sikhs, Hindus and even the odd Zoroastrian slurp noodles and suck prawn heads. It's like a United Colors of Benetton advertisement, except with piles of discarded chicken bones...
Filming in his usual Pennsylvania locale, Shyamalan creates an patent allegory for multicultural American society. The apartment complex, where much of the story happens, a Benetton-like array of races and personalities, from chain-smoking twenty-somethings to a weightlifter with a preference for his right arm. “Melting pot” doesn’t begin to do it justice...
...Caught up in the excitement and energy, the audience, the majority of whom sported thick under-21 crosses on both hands, jumped along like jubilant trick-or-treaters being handed candy. The multi-racial band members, who look like the poster children for a United Colors of Benetton ad, raced across the stage to switch instruments. The two men on guitar, Ian Parton and Sam Dook, move to keyboards or to the second drum kit in the back of the stage while a cute female multi-instrumentalist bounced between keyboard, guitar, and a bizarre wind-instrument that looked like...