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Marion Jones, one of the world's loveliest women and demonstrably the fastest, is sitting before a mirror having makeup applied - a superfluous act. She is being prepped for the first of two shoots she will submit to this afternoon. Hotshot photogs have been flown in from the States because Jones has agreed to give them some of her time - and time is precious in the world of Marion Jones. Every minute between now and Sept. 22 has been carefully planned...
...trying to not get into the hype," says Jones as her cheeks are dusted. "I think I've done a good job with the pressure - so far." The French makeup artist looks Jones up and down and jabs for her knees with the powder puff. "Zis heeere?" Jones' knees are singed with burns caused by taking a sprinter's stance on the coarse surface of the track dozens of times each day. "No," she says sweetly but emphatically. "No - that...
...European press labeled the pair "Beauty and the Beast" last summer during the world championships in Seville, where Jones won the 100 m and Hunter won the shot. The Aussies will be more polite. "I don't know if it will be fun, exactly," says Jones, having told the makeup artist she'll use her scrunchy because rubber bands ruin her hair. "It won't be an easy ordeal, but it should be exciting." She's about to find out. And, luckily...
...Alec Guinness," wrote critic Kenneth Tynan admiringly, "has no face." So true. Sir Alec, who died this month at 86, was the most self-effacing screen actor imaginable, often retreating under a mountain of makeup. He borrowed the props of anti-Semitism to create a monstrously engaging Fagin for Oliver Twist. He found the proper wigs and noses and shadings for each of the eight doomed D'Ascoynes, one of them a woman, in the elegantly misanthropic high comedy that was Kind Hearts and Coronets...
...STING Index funds are generally considered tax-repellent investments. But fast run-ups in stocks, merger activity and other factors have altered the makeup of many indexes. This has led to increased trading, leaving investors more prone to taxes on gains. If you can't hold these funds in tax-sheltered accounts, analysts suggest sticking to broader-based ones to limit tax exposure...