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A Toast to Che

From a Reuters on-line report datelined London on the famous photo of Cuban revolutionary Ernesto "Che" Guevara and the photographer who seeks to reclaim his copyright of the image: "Britain's Guardian newspaper said that photographer Alberto Diaz Gutierrez, known as Alberto Korda, is angry that his work is being used for an advertising campaign for Smirnoff vodka.... `To use the image of Che Guevara to sell vodka is a slur on his name and memory. He never drank himself, he was not a drunk, and drink should not be associated with his immortal memory,' [Korda said]."

Spicy Quotes

From a Reuters on-line report datelined London on the brand new entries selected for the Penguin Dictionary of Quotations: "With the line, `I'll tell you what I want, what I really, really, want,' the Spice Girls joined the ranks of the immortals in a new dictionary of twentieth century quotations. The line from the girl band's debut single was included in the Penguin Dictionary of Quotations alongside the great orations of wartime leader Winston Churchill."

Cyber Scholarship

From the on-line edition of the St. Petersburg Times on E & C Ventures, Inc., and its web site that will let users watch four Gainesville women twenty-four hours a day: "The tapes will not be edited. That means activities such as taking showers and changing clothes will be captured on tape and transmitted to the Internet. The only restriction is that the women are not allowed to have sex on camera.... The finalists are between the ages of eighteen and twenty-five and have been enrolled at the University of Florida at one point during the past few years.... While appearing on the web site, the women will receive free tuition, free rent, and a $200 weekly salary."

Frontiers of Free Enterprise, I

From a Reuters on-line story datelined Acton, Massachusetts, on the Robb Report's suggestions for the ultrarich: "Gift opportunities for consumers with copious cash include a $325,285 twenty-one-day safari package complete with a pair of twelve-bore shotguns and a Range Rover, or a $7.75 million set of four Patek Philippe pocket watches, one of which will accurately copy the chime of London's Big Ben clock tower."

School Supplies

From the on-line edition of The Detroit News on Henry Ford High Schools principal and the $4,400 worth of...

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