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...Real Madrid, bringing the club millions in merchandising revenue. Figo may bend it better than Beckham, but when it comes to swelling the bottom line, the Englishman scores every time. - With reporting by Michiko Toyama/Tokyo No, they don't serve waffles Famous as the home of the European Union, sumptuous chocolates and moules/frites, Belgium is staking a claim as a powerhouse of women's tennis. Two weeks ago, in the French Open women's singles final, Belgians Kim Clijsters and Justine Henin-Hardenne faced each other across the net, with Henin-Hardenne running out the winner...
...playwrights, the chance to see their new work given a sumptuous first staging is matched only by the ability to keep tinkering with it while shielded from the harsh lights of Broadway. "One of the things you find is that there's a low level of audience pretension," says Richard Greenberg, who has developed plays like Three Days of Rain and The Violet Hour at South Coast Repertory in California's Orange County. "There's a receptiveness about the audience. Their responses are pure. And that's especially good early on, when you're not so sure...
...blowhard thing to say. For most of us seeking to enjoy life, the above assertion poses a head-scratching, fist-banging dilemma. Relationships are often good, but they are always complicated. Sex is fun but necessarily serious. In the approaching season as we delight in the mutual exposure of sumptuous muscle and flesh, these confusing facts of life still give us pause. Why are sex, difference, power and violence so intimately related...
Geoffrey Dobbs, a publisher based in Hong Kong, has converted two historic Galle mansions into hotels. The Sun House and the Dutch House (011-94-74-380-275; from $100) offer the island's most luxurious colonial accommodations. Like other early investors, Dobbs rents out sumptuous villas at Weligama and Tangalla, both within a short drive of Galle, for several hundred dollars a night. Deep-sea fishing is available, as are snorkeling and scuba diving around the southern-coast coral reefs. And Dobbs plans to build the island's first yacht club...
...while Sarandon's wicked witch is campy in a good way, Daniela Amavia, as Paul's power-drunk sister, lacks emotional range; whether in moral turmoil or rage, she looks as if she is ticked off that someone messed up her mochaccino order. The true stars are the sumptuous-for-TV special effects and the Matrix-esque combat scenes. It's hard to get too earnest about any drama that includes the battle cry "Send men to summon worms!" but the message--"When religion and politics ride in the same cart, the whirlwind follows"--does resonate. If only the whirlwind...