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...festival square" where an infernal wind whips across an artless expanse of concrete. More of that? No thanks, say many Parisians. "Do we really have to leap into an infantile contest of verticality with other world cities to see who has the most beautiful and biggest?" asks Jean-François Blet, a Green member of the city council. "The tower is the symbol of the international banalization of the urban landscape, liberal globalization applied to architecture...
...king in the story is the hunky human warrior Aragorn (Mortensen). But Jackson is the true lord of these Rings. The New Zealand auteur spent seven years on the trilogy, collaborating on the scripts with Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens. He chose and directed this perfect cast, orchestrated the smashing visual effects--Tolkien's bestiary on the march in fantastical realms. In Return, the giant trolls, four-tusked elephants and flying, screeching serpents of Mordor will amaze adults and may startle small children. The spider monster Shelob, creeping up on Frodo and mummifying him in a silken straitjacket, offers...
...limited, however. With only 10,000 bottles for sale, the Clos Du Mesnil 1990 is "the Krug of the Krug in terms of size," explains Olivier Krug, whose family has been making champagne for six generations. If you can't get hold of it, try Bollinger Vieilles Vignes Françaises, made from the fruit of hand-cultivated Pinot Noir vines, or Salon Le Mesnil Blanc de Blancs, a 100% Chardonnay champagne only produced when the conditions are perfect. "Winemakers are over the moon to be able to showcase the individual nuances within their vineyards," says Hong Kong-based wine...
...Account Closed France finally agreed on a $760 million settlement with U.S. prosecutors over the allegedly illegal purchase of failed insurer Executive Life by Crédit Lyonnais. Billionaire François Pinault - who made a big profit on the deal - will hand over $185 million but avoid prosecution...
...some of its players - will leap forward tremendously," says Rob Mason, managing director of SBI, the British sponsorship consultants. That grating sound you hear is the gnashing of Australian teeth. Banking On A Happy Ending This week, time may finally run out for French billionaire François Pinault, the French government and some other top executives in their decade-long legal fight with U.S. prosecutors over Crédit Lyonnais. In the early 1990s, when the then-state-owned French bank acquired California insurer Executive Life, it allegedly did so in breach of U.S. law forbidding foreign banks from...