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...veneration. In Britain, Beckham and his wife Victoria, the former Posh Spice of the Spice Girls, have replaced Princess Diana as the staple of celebrity culture, adored by young and old, men and women, straight and gay. Last week ace trend spotter Marian Salzman of the advertising agency Euro RCSG Worldwide identified Beckham - who likes to say how comfortable he is with his feminine side and who has been known to wear a sarong - as the epitome of "metrosexuality," which, since you ask, is the characteristic of heterosexual men who spend time and money on their appearance and enjoy shopping...
...beginning his descent, heading toward a legacy substantially less than might be expected from an energetic, skilled leader with a huge parliamentary majority. The big forces constraining Blair's future are evident in the minicrises that have recently dogged him. After years of complex, elegant waffling over the euro, he announced in early June another complex, elegant waffle over the euro, to which voters remain decisively opposed. No one expects a referendum will be called until after the next election. That almost certainly means at least three more years of awkward limbo, with Blair unable to anchor his pro-euro...
Sometimes, alas, the score--not-so-hot Euro-pop--annoys. Sometimes you even get a little bit tired of flapping wings and beauty shots. But the film always recovers from these defects, mostly because Winged Migration's imagery never ceases to amaze. Whether we're seeing a startled flock taking sudden flight or zapping into a mountain lake to catch fish, our eye is constantly bedazzled...
...hire a temp. After Poland's Prime Minister Leszek Miller yanked away economic control and transferred it to economy minister Jerzy Hausner, Grzegorz Kolodko became the second Finance Minister to quit during Miller's troubled 20-month administration. Kolodko warned that Hausner would destroy attempts to control deficits - jeopardizing euro membership. Some analysts, already spooked by Poland's shortfalls, agreed. "It's a mixed blessing," says Jos Verbeek, a World Bank economist in Warsaw, who hopes economic policy will at least be more coordinated. But Kolodko was controversial, and many business leaders are glad he's gone. "The environment...
...sell up and put it into bonds," he sighs. But he's staying put. Diversify your investments Financial advisers say Lake's approach is just right. His regular payments - which allow him to buy fewer shares when prices are high but more when they fall - mean he is effectively "euro-cost averaging," considered the most productive approach. Equities make up about 60% of his portfolio - suitable for his age. The rule of thumb: people in their 20s and 30s should have about 80% equities in their portfolio, 15% fixed-interest products (such as bonds) and 5% exposure to commodities...