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...martial arts star refused to show off his world-famous kicks, saying, "I'm tired of being a martial artist. Right now, I'd rather be a singer...
Iosif Kobzon is a famous singer, prosperous businessman and influential member of the Duma. He is known as the Russian Sinatra both for his talent and for his alleged Mafia ties. But he will not be singing in the United States: last month the U.S. embassy in Moscow turned down his visa application for the third time. Oleg Deripaska, head of the giant firm Russian Aluminum, did not attend the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos last week; the group withdrew its invitation after a fellow businessman filed a lawsuit accusing him of bribery and racketeering. Sergei Mikhailov...
...retired jobs counselor who studied government in college, Mimi Singer's medical credentials might as well have been issued by the Hold-the-Mayo Clinic. But when doctors couldn't explain why an older friend nearly passed out over lunch, it was Singer who advised the woman to drink water during and after meals to avoid a sudden drop in blood pressure. "My friend has drunk water with her food ever since," Singer says, "and she's fine...
...Singer's deft diagnosis came courtesy of a medical newsletter, one of a burgeoning arsenal published for consumers. The nation's top 10 consumer health newsletters reach more than 4.4 million subscribers, many of them older, educated women hungry for reliable, understandable sources that sort through the daily onslaught of unevaluated health information. Singer buys Cornell University's Women's Health Advisor, as well as Nutrition Action Healthletter from the Center for Science in the Public Interest and Johns Hopkins Medical Letter, Health After 50. "At my age, your body has all kinds of surprise quirks," explains Singer...
...glass, the roast beef and three genres of chicken were on china, and the dessert tent boasted tarte Tatin. The stars of the Warner music family were in more obvious attendance. There were more of those concentric circles. At the center of one you could discover Mark McGrath, the singer with Sugar Ray (the group that had that catchy song and video about a girlfriend with a four-post bed). He was good-natured and goofy, not privy to the Be-Sullen school of rock singer aesthetics. I inquired about his musical heroes. He named a few, and when...