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...offers theme trips along the Mississippi River in paddle-wheel steamers. A Civil War cruise, complete with daily lectures, panel discussions by historians and visits to famous battle sites, attracted Rosalind and Ted Tedards of Greenville, S.C., in July 2000. Rosalind, 56, a homemaker, has been a Civil War buff for 30 years and owns hundreds of books on the subject. The eight-day cruise cost $5,500, and the Tedardses will never forget it. They still keep in touch with some of the guest historians they met on the trip...
...bedside table and left a sealed envelope for a roommate to deliver to Hlavínová. At the approach of midnight, he snuck outside, doused himself with gasoline and paint thinner and set himself on fire. He was dead within several minutes. A World War II history buff who volunteered countless hours with the Red Cross, Másl, like Adamec, gave a mixture of reasons for his action. He was fiercely opposed to the war in Iraq, writing in his letter to Hlavínová that he would give President George W. Bush "the red card...
...Abercrombie experience kicks into high gear as one enters the headquarters, passing by a squad of male models who sit behind desks reading magazines in order to present entrants with the face of Abercrombie—attractive, buff, 18 to 22, and extremely white. The company seeks to uphold the Abercrombie ideal not only among its receptionists but throughout the ranks of its management as well. Out of the 50 people recruited for jobs as merchandisers last month (mostly from Ivy League schools), there were only three potential minority employees, according to Skey, a ratio he says...
Anyone tuned into the nightly prime-time TV show Blob might easily conclude that despite Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's virtual stranglehold on television broadcasting, the media in Italy have a free run. Blob , the creation of eccentric film buff turned TV maven Enrico Ghezzi, offers one of Italy's best shows by pasting together clips from some of its worst. Five excruciating seconds of a half-naked, singing showgirl segues into 30 seconds of politicians shouting each other down, which cuts to the day's sappiest moment from a low-budget soap. Into this kaleidoscope of bad taste Ghezzi...
...ambition is fuel, Sarokhan, who describes himself as a “loud, glory-seeking, ant-to-be-in-the-center-of-the action” kind of guy, is about ready for take-off. He’s a few parts history buff, spouting off obscurities like the exact dates that Hitler experienced bomb scares; a few parts clean-cut prep school good ol’ boy, all tucked-in polo shirts and khakis; a few parts all-American gentleman, opening doors and shaking hands and even drifting into a patriotic Southern accent despite being a New Jersey native...