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...Zubrzycki writes that Jah, who is still alive, blames fate for his woes; and it isn't hard to feel sorry for this childlike, inquisitive man, lost in a whirlpool of historical change and legal tangles. Yet if Jah had used even a fraction of his money and status, he could have transformed the lives of millions of poor people in Hyderabad. At the least, he should have been able to make a farm in the outback turn a profit. Instead, after losing one of the greatest fortunes in history, the last Nizam retired to Turkey, where, we are told...
...robust economic expansion is creating a population explosion in the champagne-swilling classes. Most private banks sell their services only to those who are, in the industry jargon, "high-net-worth individuals" (HNWIs)?people with fortunes of at least $1 million. The number of Asians who attained that status hit 2.4 million last year, up 7.3% from 2004, according to the 2006 World Wealth Report by Merrill Lynch and human-resources firm Capgemini. That compares with 2.8 million HNWIs in Europe, where the growth rate last year...
...Land called--what else?--I Pity the Fool. Turns out he pities the fools so much that he'll help them change their lives, applying his moral "rules for fools" to hapless willing subjects on each episode. Mr. T isn't the only 1980s TV personality using retro-star status to spread his gospel. Here are four more...
Here's a test of celebrity status: Do people show up to watch you sweep a street? BOY GEORGE, the '80s pop icon, was mobbed last week when he performed community service in New York City--his sentence for lying to police about a phony break-in (a cocaine-possession charge was dropped). At first, George balked, but he seemed to get into it during his five days behind the broom and even floated the idea of a benefit for the city's street cleaners. And, yes, people did turn out to see the Karma Chameleon at work...
...Ball Left Behind' policy." MIKE BROWN, planetary astronomer, on an International Astronomical Union proposal to redefine what a planet is. Dozens of solar-system bodies could gain planet status under the new, broader rules...