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...Eleganza (Harvard Basketball Center, 8 p.m., $12). It’s a steep price, but it might be worth it to check out what’s behind all the hype. If it’s anything like last year’s, the show will be a little odd, but then again, we at FlyBy don’t really know anything about fashion anyway...
...Received no formal schooling and, by 15, was working odd jobs full-time to help support his family. Joined the anti-Apartheid African National Congress...
...Mike Tyson, now 42, would be worthy of documentary attention even if he hadn't been convicted of rape or snacked on Evander Holyfield's ear. Behind the elaborate facial tattoos and that odd soft lisp, parodied on The Simpsons and Don Imus's old radio show, is a compelling mind-voice, at once naive and reflective. The man may be washed up, bankrupt, a figure of fear or fun to those who remember him. But in close-up here, detailing his "madness of the mind, chaos of the brain," Mike Tyson is a star. (See Top 10 Mike Tyson...
...Rozsa's dramatic end seemed to cap off a turbulent life. Born in 1960 to a Bolivian mother and a Hungarian Jewish father, Rozsa left Bolivia at an early age, living in Chile and then Sweden. He moved on to Hungary, where he finished college and held several odd jobs, including, according to Hungarian newspaper reports, becoming the translator for international terrorist Carlos the Jackal. In 1991, Rozsa turned to journalism and arrived to cover the Balkans War for the BBC World Service and a Spanish newspaper. But he quickly dropped the pen to fight the remnants of Yugoslav federal...
Steve Rattner had never focused on the auto industry before. So yes, he was an odd choice to be a special adviser to the Treasury Department on its dealings with Detroit car manufacturers. And even though he was known mostly for his work as a journalist and as an investor in various media companies, Rattner got right to work, reportedly helping to engineer the ouster of General Motors CEO Rick Wagoner just weeks after joining the Administration...