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...ancient Greek mythology, Diana was a patroness of virgins and goddess of the hunt, and any man who trespassed upon her privacy was likely to be punished by death. In our less supernal era, Princess Diana had been a virgin cynically used by the so-called "royal family" of Britain, of whom her husband Prince Charles was the most manipulative. And she was the one to be hunted, both symbolically and with a terrifying literalness, to her death. If Diana had possessed any flickering consciousness in these last minutes of her life, it would have been of those human jackals...
RICHARD BRANSON, founder of the Virgin music-and-airline empire, remembers that Diana could grow pointedly funny about symbols of royalty. "She would often take the mickey out of Charles and the royal family," he recalls. "Once at a dinner party, a guest said to Diana, 'I know you don't like dogs.' 'Oh, no,' said Diana. 'It's not dogs I don't like; it's corgis. They get the blame for all the farts.'" Corgis are the breed usually associated with Queen Elizabeth...
...famous name didn't help sell records, at least not at first. The Wallflowers' debut on Virgin Records was a bust, and the group and its front man were written off as a genetic curiosity. But then Interscope, the hottest label going, signed the band, and its fortunes turned around. "There were a lot of people coming around and looking at me as Bob's son. They were, like, going to a circus to peek," says Dylan. "They stopped coming. They all disappeared." Not quite. Now the crowds are coming to hear...
TIME: You play the Virgin Mary in Neil Jordan's forthcoming film, Butcher Boy. What was that like...
When McDonald's was rolling its sesame-seeded success across virgin country, obtaining a franchise was a ticket to a fast-food fortune. Says a winner in Georgia, who insisted on anonymity: "You see a lot of affluence, and you think it's waiting for you when you grab the keys." But as competition stiffened, a set of Golden Arches has become less golden and more arch. The average franchisee owns 3.4 stores, each of which generates about $1.5 million in sales. With profits falling, though, the resale value of a store is half that of three years ago, according...