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Then it was on to Bulgaria, at the invitation of his "European economic adviser," Svetoslav Stoilov, a friend whose qualifications include working as a magician's assistant at home in Bulgaria, as a circus technician in Czechoslovakia and as a dance-bar proprietor in Vienna. Following a night's rest in Stoilov's hometown of Sandanska, the Russian politician traveled to the village of Melnik to accept a painting from a local artist who shares Zhirinovsky's conviction that Bulgaria should expand its territory by annexing the former Yugoslav republic of Macedonia. To make sure the message got across...
...many rings can a circus have? Especially a tabloid freak show like the Michael Jackson affair? The star returned from medical seclusion in London to cooperate with authorities investigating sexual-abuse charges against him. But on his Neverland Ranch in California, Jackson seemed only the main attraction in a seven-ring circus of horror...
...sellerdom of Thriller in 1982. But now the superstar with an abused childhood is something between an object of pity and a dirty joke. His travail could still end in courtroom triumph. It might also reveal tragedy, for Jackson and for children even more vulnerable than he. Then the circus will close down, and Michael's white clown-face will never smile again...
...that paid the Russian army $1.2 million last June for a stake in the team. (Among the other investors: N.H.L. star Mario Lemieux and actor Michael J. Fox.) The Penguins, from their new $200 jerseys -- a hip, hockey-playing bird has replaced the hammer-and-sickle motif -- to the circus performers and striptease acts between periods, are Russia's first glimpse at the American custom of big-time sports mixed with even bigger-time marketing...
...infinity. But it is hard to talk about Billy Graham, the great reaper of souls, without talking about numbers. This is the man who has preached in person to more people than any human being who has ever lived. What began in country churches and trailer parks and circus tents moved through cathedrals and stadiums and the world's vast public squares, where he has called upon more than 100,000,000 people to "accept Jesus Christ as your personal Saviour...