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...were serving FRIED BABIES. Internet photos of the alleged baby eating turned out to be subversive artwork by Chinese artist Zhu Yu. The Taiwanese government reassured its meat-loving masses that while the island has a law against serving babies, they can eat all the dog meat?local or Romanian?they want...
...First on the scene was the French-born Roberto Alagna, who had people talking about "the new Pavarotti" with his 1990 performance in La Traviata at Milan's La Scala. When, six years later, he married the sensational young Romanian soprano Angela Gheorghiu, you could almost hear record company executives cheer. By Three Tenors standards, however, the couple's sales have disappointed. Alagna's label, EMI, is reluctant to disclose figures, but according to music retailer HMV, his best showing-an album of duets with Gheorghiu-sold no more than 70,000 copies in Britain. Critically overshadowed by his wife...
Developed by a former Romanian ballet dancer, gyrotonics is popular among dancers and athletes, but it has also been used in Germany to help elderly patients with osteoporosis and spinal injuries. Mastering the machine isn't easy or inexpensive: it typically requires six to 10 one-on-one lessons, at $45 to $75 an hour. A smaller, foldable home version will be introduced in two months (available on www.gyrotonic.com) with an instruction video. Target price: a measly...
...show, for instance, the curators set up games in each room and encouraged the viewers to play with them). Ultimately, these inconsistencies are dwarfed by the beauty and power of many of the show's offerings. Pieces like Anna Lupas's "Humid Installation," in which she organized an entire Romanian village to hang its laundry to dry on the same day, are beautiful in their eloquent and simple blending of traditional local culture with a contemporary aesthetic...
...I.O.C. came down harshest on 16-year-old Romanian gymnast Andreea Raducan, who forfeited a gold medal after being given a cold medicine by the team doctor. "We have applied the law," said I.O.C. director general Francois Carrard. "In the fight against doping we have to be tough and refrain from emotions and feelings." Crackdowns are seldom pretty...