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...RESIGNED. CHRISTOPHER GENT, 54, cricket-loving chief executive of Britain's Vodafone Group who rode the telecom boom and transformed the small FTSE company into the world's leading mobile-phone operator; in London. Vodafone chairman Lord MacLaurin said Gent stepped down over media criticism of his $19.8 million payout last year, when Vodafone recorded a $21.6 billion loss and its share price fell by a third. Gent's successor is Arun Sarin, head of Vodafone's U.S. ventures, who takes over in July...
...Continental food, a liquor license and (holy cow!) steak. At $25-$50 a head for a meal with wine, prices are monstrous by Indian standards. But there can be few better evenings in the city than one that starts with a stroll through the gardens, past lily ponds and cricket games, and finishes with chicken liver p?t? on toast and a glass of Saint-Emilion; call (91-11) 465 5054 or 465 2808 for reservations...
...film is beautiful, the music lush and memorable and the text duly honored. If Benigni ends up being hanged by the reviews, it will be for the crime of forgetting to bring enough of himself to Pinocchio. But Give a Little Whistle for this: In Italy, at least, the cricket gets squashed...
...first act is to stick his tongue out at the world, and the price he pays is shocking: his nose grows with every lie, his feet are burned off, he is chained like a dog and even hanged. But the boy sure can dish it out: when a moralizing cricket gets in his face, boy squashes bug. No. 2: Bravo, Pinocchio! The little wooden boy is led astray but quickly recovers, and the price he pays is small: his nose grows, but there are no burned feet. And when the cricket gets in his face, it isn't squashed...
...film is beautiful, the music lush and memorable and the text duly honored. If Benigni ends up being hanged by the reviews, it will be for the crime of forgetting to bring enough of himself to Pinocchio. But Give a Little Whistle for this: In Italy, at least, the cricket gets squashed...