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...groundwork for Diana's death may actually have been laid years ago, when she decided to give up the around-the-clock British security she had enjoyed as a royal princess, a move opposed by Scotland Yard. After separating from Prince Charles, Diana was eager to regain some semblance of a normal life. Though she used official bodyguards at public events or when she was with her sons, she preferred to move around on her own. On the night of her death, Diana was entirely in the safekeeping of the Fayeds. She was not represented by anyone...
SNOOZE ALARM Shaving off just a couple hours of sleep a night for a week causes huge lapses in mental performance--doubling the response time to stimuli, for instance. To regain mental agility, two eight-hour nights of sleep are needed...
...Palestinian President, who is seeking to regain credibility in the wake of corruption charges, is not going to have an easy time uniting his people. Hamas continues to demand that Arafat release prisoners arrested after four 1996 suicide bombings...
Then there's Irabu, who has dozens of tiny magnets taped to his body. Unfortunately for him, that body is now in Columbus, Ohio, where the Yankee rookie will try to regain the magic that disappeared all too quickly after his July 10 debut. Fortunately for the parents of baseball-playing kids, Irabu's demise came before their offspring could strip their refrigerator doors. Fridge magnets wouldn't have worked anyway; they register around 4 gauss (a measure of magnetic strength) and have north and south poles on both sides, while medical magnets range from 800 to 4,000 gauss...
...operating arm of the trust that owns the Presley estate.) At the time, the company's principal asset was dead, his shockingly modest estate of $4.5 million was rapidly dwindling, and his popularity was in sharp decline. As the company struggled through the courts to regain control over the name, image and reputation of Elvis, it managed to both redefine American publicity law and revolutionize the marketing of dead celebrities--a not inconsiderable achievement in an era of rampant nostalgia and digital technology. When you see John Wayne in a beer commercial, you can take comfort in the knowledge that...