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What is everyone looking at?" Hilary asked Maureen Farrington on the morning of Sept. 12. Friends and relatives had descended on her house, and Farrington volunteered to distract Hilary with a day at the beach. Farrington, a peppy, blond social worker, assured Hilary that people were probably gawking, as they very often did, at her adopted Korean daughter Elizabeth, 2. But Hilary wasn't buying it; she kept wondering aloud why anyone might have reason to watch her. The rest of the time, she blithely skipped about the beach and collected shells with Elizabeth...
...next time an overly friendly blond sidles up in a crowded bar and asks you to order her a brand-name martini, or a cheery tourist couple wonder whether you can take their picture with their sleek new camera-in-a-cell phone, you might want to think twice. There's a decent chance that these strangers are pitchmen in disguise, paid to oh-so-subtly pique your interest in their product. Their game, known as "stealth marketing," is one of several unorthodox ploys that Madison Avenue is using to get through to jaded consumers...
...stalled project. Working on a competing film was director Paul Verhoeven, who reports that he communicated with Riefenstahl by mail and through the producer on the project. "The producer told me she said, 'Jodie's not beautiful enough to play me,'" Verhoeven informs TIME. She suggested a different, icier blond: "Leni's ultimate idea of herself is Sharon Stone in Basic Instinct" (one of Verhoeven's films). He adds that a contract Riefenstahl signed with the producer stipulates "that any affair between her and Hitler or her and Goebbels would be prohibited onscreen." That way, at least the film would...
...really dangerous. I've almost drowned. But I've won it three times," she says, referring to the professional surfing competition held at Teahupoo each May. With her sun-bleached blond hair and slim, muscular build, Kennelly, 24, is one of the growing cadre of elite female surfers who are transforming the once male-dominated sport of surfing into both a passion and a pastime for a growing number of women around the world. Fierce and strong yet graceful and elegant, she represents a new kind of athlete that girls can dream of becoming...
...Barenboim is 59 and addresses his young musicians in a mix of English, Hebrew, Spanish and German. Most were selected on the basis of tapes they submitted. Mina Zikri, 24, an Egyptian violinist, says the experience "humanizes the other party a bit." He is sitting next to a blond woman of his age, Ayelet Ballin, a bassoonist from Tel Aviv. "Images can be very misleading," says Zikri. "The suicide bomber brings to mind a certain image, so does the military operation. But these must not be fixed in one's brain." He has met Ballin at other music courses...