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...alone among embattled European CEOs. Only three weeks ago, Jean-Marie Messier was removed as chief executive of French media giant Vivendi, where a string of acquisitions had left the company with a pile of debt and a slumping share price. France Télécom chairman Michel Bon is also under pressure because of high debts. In the past, Europe's clubby business atmosphere meant a consensus approach to decision making and often protected executives from being removed by their boards, which were dominated by friends. Deutsche Telekom probably won't find a new leader until after...
...gypsy for a day." At a time when music and concertgoing can seem over-orchestrated and oversold, gypsy bands offer a glimpse of life on the edge. "It's not just what they do on stage, but what they do afterward," says The Rough Guide's Broughton. Michel Winter, Taraf's manager and translator, agrees: "They are not backstage musicians. Music is their life." All 13 members of Taraf de Haïdouks grew up in the same small Romanian village, and all come from musician families where grandfather, father and son were raised to play. Saban Bajramovic...
...greatest players. He had won every major golf title except for the U.S. Open, of which he was runner-up four times. CHARGED. SAM BITH, 69, former Khmer Rouge general, with the 1994 kidnapping and murder of three backpackers-Australian David Wilson, Briton Mark Slater and Frenchman Jean-Michel Braquet; in Phnom Penh...
...Digital Tailoring system, above--manufactured by Textile/Clothing Technology Corp. of Cary, N.C.--uses a full-body scanner that generates a 3-D model of the customer, from which attendants take precise measurements for suits, shirts and sport coats. "The fit is unparalleled except for custom tailoring by hand," says Michel Holland, the system's project manager. And the digital fit is much less expensive: only about $100 more than an off-the-rack pick. Both Brooks and Prada plan to install their technologies in stores around...
There's no question that unease was a major factor in Fortuyn's rise. "My grandmother was in the Dutch resistance during the war, and she compares Fortuyn with Hitler," says Michel van Dyke, 24. "I say you can't compare the Dutch with the Germans. Fortuyn just said what a lot of people thought: that foreigners are causing a lot of problems in the Netherlands...