In 1969, when beautiful people abounded, it was impossible to find models who looked like ordinary people. Slightly less than half thought of themselves as black, rather than 'mixed' or 'brown'. Both he and his critics aspired to an ideal of artistic impersonality, a classical distance between the artist and the work. However, if you do not feel able to accept the change, as the bank believes that post- retirement medical expenses insurance is a contractual benefit, then the only step the bank can take is to terminate the current contract under which you received that benefit.'This would be done by giving you the notice required by your contract.'The bank says that it sought employees' consent before invoking the changed contracts because it felt this was the right approach, having taken advice that the provision of post-retirement benefits is a contractual term of employment.(Photograph omitted). Governor Jim Florio of New Jersey made his ban on assault rifles a centrepiece of his campaign earlier this month and still lost. Never mind a marathon, this one could run longer than a track by Lynyrd Skynyrd.

What will the Ivorians do now? What will be the aftermath of HB? Grim days lie ahead for the peaceful people of Cote d'Ivoire.(Photograph omitted). I'm tempted to say that he was a better mimic than he was composer. 'WORLD Premiere Recording' says the cover Not quite. Others include: moving to England, moving to LA, moving to Ad-land, moving to beardlessness, moving to teetotalism. It is the service power that Ivanisevic is able to generate with his lean and supple frame that marks another stage in tennis's development, with all the dubious benefits we associate with progress generally.Ivanisevic's serve - the fastest ever recorded on the Centre Court at 136mph - is what stands between Sampras and his second successive Wimbledon title.

'You have already handled my heart,' he wrote, 'now take the rest of me.'Elaine Griffiths believes she was born to be a heart surgeon. The barbarities of ethnic 'cleansing' and the appalling detention camps would seem to be legitimised. SYDNEY (Reuter) - Christopher Skase, the former Qintex group chairman and one of the most colourful of Australia's 1980s entrepreneurs, faces 32 new charges, according to the Australian Securities Commission. In the yard, I found a young woman lying on her back, a halo of clothes-pegs round her face, the blood still running from the bullet-hole in her back The murderers must have left as we entered the gate. The two network operators - Cellnet and Vodafone - are about to offer cheap mobile telephone services aimed at 'ordinary people' rather than the city slicker. MATT SANDFORD, the 22-year-old Australian who was banned for drug use in the Crieff Highland Games on 15 August, has accused the Scottish officials of being biased towards foreign athletes. The reports will be published amid growing speculation that direct subsidies will be used to save some of the 30,000 mining jobs under threat at 31 mines earmarked for closure.

QUILL WILLS - a business that franchised out will-writing services - was wound up last month by the Department of Trade and Industry 'in the public interest'. AT NOON today, the deadline will pass for bids to be made to hold the World Chess Championship match between the holder, Garry Kasparov, and the challenger, Nigel Short There will be no bid from Britain, writes Bill Hartston. Well, er, might do, if that person had survived 30 years as a television presenter and was now working harder than ever, with two prime television series on the go. UMA THURMAN has always been 'awestruck' that her father speaks Tibetan without an accent Not many actresses can say that. Norman, born in Queensland 38 years ago and an Americanised resident of Florida, was in grave danger of suffering from the Bill Rogers syndrome: a one-Open wonder. It will end up owning more than 50 per cent of Cosmo. Cosmo became technically bankrupt by guaranteeing gains on clients' share portfolios, despite losses on the stock exchange. Peter Scudamore, the former champion jockey, broke a 162-year-old record by riding 200 miles in 8 hours 37 minutes.