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...Priests, the decision to commit their talents to a commercial venture was hardly automatic. "I prayed very long and hard about it," says Delargy, who counts Tina Turner and Sting among his musical idols. Ultimately, Pope John Paul II's decree to spread the gospel in new ways inspired them to seize the chance. "Music has always been part of our lives and our missionary work," says Martin. "Now it's being expanded to a wider audience." As for the money, the trio will take home only a small percentage of the profits; the lion's share will support their...
...rights, a six-city rolling tour of rockers, to focus U.S. attention on the victims of political persecution and torture around the world. Staged by Amnesty International to mark its 25th anniversary, the ''Conspiracy of Hope'' tour hopscotched across America by chartered 707 jet with the aforementioned lot, plus Sting and Canadian Rocker Bryan Adams, along with assorted one-night stand-ins including Bob Dylan and Bob Geldof. Very nice crew indeed, but really, aren't benefit concerts wearing a trifle thin? ''Everyone wanted us to go away after Live Aid,'' concedes Bono, an unquenchable Irishman. ''The music industry would...
...Though jellyfish stings don't match shark attacks as a threat to human life - fatalities are usually linked to a few highly toxic species or (more frequently) shock and drowning resulting from multiple stings to people who swim into dense shoals - some French towns battling la meduse have adapted defensive methods from shark-plagued resorts elsewhere in the world. Cannes, for example, has invested nearly $50,000 in floaters and netting to create jellyfish-free zones the size of Olympic swimming pools at two of its most popular beaches. Similar systems have been deployed in Monaco and along certain sections...
...experience. Full-body Lycra suits designed to shield the skin from UV sun rays have become hot commodities this summer, according to Nice scuba-shop owner Stéphane Pinier, ever since people discovered that the garments also block jellyfish tentacles. Of course, choosing that method of avoiding the sting can itself be painful: the ungainly getup costs nearly...
...those unwilling to compromise by adopting the soggy Jack LaLanne look or swimming in the safety of a net-protected "pool," doctors have some advice for coping with the sting. Rinse the lesion with cool seawater, they say, and once dry, apply a medicated cream to lessen the pain. Physicians warn against common but counter-productive remedies such as dousing the sting with drinking water, rubbing it with sand, trying to suck the venom from it and - especially - urinating on it. These "therapies," doctors say, are all certain to aggravate the sting's burning sensation, and the last one ... well...