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...their lives, some very small. One woman no longer wears heels in the street, in case she has to run. Bogacz is getting training in emergency preparedness. On Sept. 11 this year, a group of these survivors will, for the first time, officially join the families in the pit at ground zero to memorialize all that they lost and all that they witnessed...
Throw some sand on the ground, pipe in a little Beach Boys, pit the world?s best beach volleyball players against each other in elimination rounds, and you end up with one heck of a way to spend an evening at the Olympic Games. And oh yes, in case the fans didn?t know that it?s a party, add in a few bouncing bikini girls with dance routines that are carefully choreographed for maximum jiggle effect...
More surprising was the incident in New York City that same month involving Antoine Yates, a public-housing resident who kept a 425-lb. tiger in his apartment. The city caught wise when Yates showed up at a local hospital with an injury he claimed was caused by a pit bull. Police closed in on his apartment and found the tiger. The animal was sent to an Ohio sanctuary, and Yates was evicted, having manifestly violated the public-housing rule allowing him one petunder...
...produced animated ads for everything from washing powder to horse racing - its owners prefer working on their own characters and stories, especially if they have a connection to Africa. Last year, the company animated a music video set in an African ghetto in France for French rap star Pit Baccardi. Then there's the English-language version of Kabongo, and The Invincible Lions. "The art industry is really important to Africa because it creates an image of us," says co-owner Ndiaye. "People say, 'Where was this made? In Senegal? It's not possible...
...cheer. Then another, and another. Eight tables and countless cups later, he is red faced, still screaming chants and bear-hugging an unfortunate reporter. When dancing girls in short skirts and blond wigs start jiggling to ear-numbing Korean pop music, the tireless Kim, 59, cavorts in a mosh pit of drunken workers near a makeshift stage. Later he ascends the stage himself, microphone in hand, to croon out a popular oldie called Nui (Sister). "We love our CEO," says Kim Young Kee, an LG executive vice president. "He shows us a good time." CEOs rarely stoop to carouse with...