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Alan Greenspan doesn't hurry often-- at least not in front of the cameras. But a few weeks ago the paparazzi caught the cucumber-cool Fed chairman hustling across Constitution Street in Washington, dodging traffic on his way to announce the Fed's first interest-rate cut in three years. Wall Street had seen it coming, and in New York the markets yawned. But Greenspan wasn't done running. He cut rates again on Thursday without waiting for the next Fed meeting, a dramatic move that caught Wall Street off guard. It was almost unprecedented in Greenspan's term...
Madonna only needed a few months to cultivate that meandering "international" accent of hers; without any paparazzi hunting your new baby, you probably won't need to take as long. Once you've done that, invite some friends out to a vegan dinner to discuss meditation and chanting. For dessert, visit Cafe Algiers and sip mango tea in between puffs from a hookah...
Sources close to the investigation say prosecutor Maude Coujard is not convinced that there is sufficient evidence to try any of the paparazzi, especially on the involuntary homicide charge. Stephan and fellow Judge Marie-Christine Devidal, however, appear to be considering charges against some of the photographers for involuntary homicide or the lesser charge of reckless endangerment...
Stephan may also widen the investigative net to include other paparazzi. He has requisitioned the mobile-phone records of all the defendants to see if they were in contact with other photographers who may have been on the scene that night. The judge also suspects that some of the paparazzi may know more about the Fiat Uno than they let on, and that its driver could possibly have been a photographer...
...this fall, but a trial, if it occurs, is not likely to take place until at least mid-1999. The civil phase, which will almost certainly spill over into the next century, is apt to wind up in an unseemly brawl involving the Ritz, al Fayed, the bodyguards, the paparazzi, Etoile Limousine and, of course, the insurance companies. Meanwhile, al Fayed continues to pursue his own investigation and to defend his son's reputation, keeping his London and Paris apartments eerily intact. "It is like the Egyptian pyramids," he says. "When you die, everything that belongs...