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...capital's party circuit and in the popular press. Establishment figures back home may have been perturbed by Fielding's appearance in a German magazine photo spread, but Borer makes no apology for the shots of his glamorous blonde wife in a strapless gown astride a horse and toting toy guns in a red miniskirt - a dollar sign above her cleavage - on the roof the newly refurbished embassy. "Thanks to those pictures we had about 200 journalists at the inauguration of our embassy and a lot of positive press," he says. "Meanwhile, my colleagues who didn't do anything comparable...
...universe. No more. To men like human-rights advocate Raji Sourani, who withstood years of persecution by the Israelis when they controlled Gaza City and then more by Arafat's secret police, this is the cruelest blow. When his twins asked for guns, Sourani took them to a toy shop. "I don't want a toy," said Basel, 7. "I want a real gun." "What for?" Sourani asked. "To protect us," the boy answered. "I'll protect you. Don't worry," the father said. The kids did not swallow it. "You want us to die like Mohammed al-Durra?" Basel...
...theme park business is suffering from the economic malaise and post 9/11 downturn in travel. Takings at the new California Adventure theme park in Anaheim, one of two new locations, have been disappointing. The film studio is muddling through, and its relationship with Pixar Animation, which produced Toy Story, may be renegotiated on less profitable terms. Such ills have a symptom. Last week, Disney stock hit an eight-year low, closing at $14.65 - down 66 percent from its high in April 2000 - and the company's A3-rated long-term debt has been listed for a possible downgrade. At this...
After five minutes of clapping and wind-up-toy arm swings, Reno has left the stage to give a press conference upstairs. She faces one of the largest press gatherings, by far, of her campaign. "At some point," Reno says, "the beat became so pronounced it made you dance." The woman naturally talks in James Brown lyrics...
...After five minutes of clapping and wind-up-toy arm swings, Reno has left the stage to give a press conference upstairs. She faces one of the largest press gatherings, by far, of her campaign. "At some point," Reno says, "the beat became so pronounced it made you dance." The woman naturally talks in James Brown lyrics...