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...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...
...those blissfully unaware of The Bachelor, the show's setup went like this: a 31-year-old management consultant, ALEX MICHEL, was introduced by abc to 25 strangers vying to become his wife. Each week he narrowed the field after assessing how the competitors performed in such challenges as lavish dinners, mud baths and trips to Hawaii. Like all high-stakes sporting events, the final episode last Thursday, in which Michel picked between the two remaining contestants, kicked off with a one-hour preshow--in this one, the 23 women thwarted in their quest to become Mrs. Michel reunited...