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...promised highlight of the three-day bash was a Friday afternoon parade. But the closest thing to Rio's sumptuous Samba schools was a float from a local Brazilian restaurant, with two dusky dancers and a band. The rest of the dozen or so floats looked hastily cobbled together from tinfoil, and the bulk of the parade comprised local schoolchildren...
...Queer Eye for the Straight Guy, in which gay style specialists make over grooming-challenged straight men, is shaping up as the surprise hit of the summer. Picked up by NBC, which aired a half-hour rerun last Thursday (after Will and Grace, naturally), the show is the latest highlight in what has turned out to be a grand old, gay old summer. --By Harriet Barovick...
...Menezes returned from Nigeria after signing an accord granting amnesty to the troops who toppled him a week earlier. Under the deal, de Menezes will stay on as President, but has promised to replace the government. Coup leader Major Fernando Pereira, who said the takeover was meant to highlight the island nation's impoverished state, warned the military would rebel again if the government violated the agreement. High Hopes SOLOMON ISLANDS An Australian-led peacekeeping force in Honiara appeared to meet early success in restoring order in the capital. The first 1,000 troops and police out of an expected...
...intimidate Motorola into dropping the suit A bunch of outright lies. The intention to settle was there all the time. This family has never said we will not pay. Not once. So when will you pay? We have to wait until the litigation ends, right? What has been the highlight of your business career to date? The takeover of the [Cukurova Electricity company] in 1993. It was the first and only hostile takeover in Turkish history. What impact have the recent legal penalties had on your business? Their aim was to destroy our business reputation and they were successful...
...going to see as much as I can. And I hear it's so relaxed you can bump into the stars around the town afterward." The stars will perform, solo and in combination, in 29 mostly intimate concerts under the blue-and-white tent. But the festival's undoubted highlight will be a 12-piece superorchestra, featuring violin maestros like Vadim Repin, Sarah Chang and Gidon Kremer, along with eight top-flight pianists, among them Evgeny Kissin, Martha Argerich and Mikhail Pletnev. The July 22 performance will be the starriest classical concert in living memory - four of the world...