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THE MOST AND THE LESS. Part 13 By maximillien de lafayette. Contributors:  peggy north, ruth sielberg, fabiola rossi.

THE BEST OF THE YEAR

This is what, this year, people looked at, selected as the best and the worst, read most, remembered, cared less and completely forgot about...

WHAT PEOPLE LIKED AND DISLIKED MOST THIS YEAR

STYLE, MANNERS AND FASHION:

Photo: Kierra Nightly.

Best ready-to-wear: Balenciaga and Prada. Best haute couture/fashion for women: Chanel, Balenciaga and Dior. Favorite color: Black. Worst trends: Plastic surgery, breast enhancement, Texan cowboy boots, celebrities trashy fashion,  and fake Louis Vitton handbags. Best fashion/couture for men: Dior and Givenchy. Most elegant movie star: Charlize Theron. Stylish lady to miss: Nan Kempner. Best hair: Sienna Miller.

Photos,  top and left: Iceland's Unnur Birna  Vilhjalmsdottir, Miss World 2005.

Prettiest woman on the block: Kierra Knightly. Stories/celebrities people are tired of: #1. Angelina Jolie,  #2. weapons of mass destruction,  #3. Paris Hilton,  #4. Oprah Winfrey, #5. Donald Trump. Best bag: Fendi. Most outspoken star of the year: Susan Sarandon. Best eau de cologne for men: Drakkar noire and Fahrenheit. Most highly paid actress: Julia Roberts. (Between $20 and $27 millions, a film). Most admired actress: Meryl Streep. Classiest cards online: Jackie Lawson. World's newest most beautiful and talented woman:  Iceland's Unnur Birna  Vilhjalmsdottir, Miss World 2005.

Photo: Oprah Winfrey, most admired American woman by American housewives.

Most hated or yakked French food specialties by Americans: #1. Escargots (Snail), #2. Steak Tartare. Most disliked American item to be seen by French restaurateurs on dining tables: American Ketchup. Most admired woman by American middle-class and housewives: Oprah Winfrey. Most envied American woman by American women: Martha Stewart. Most repeated 2 French words by Americans: Oui, Oui.  Most repeated 2 American words by Europeans: #1. OK, #2. Cool. Most watched American TV cable by foreigners: CNN. Worst idea/propaganda by The White House: The creation of Al Houra television network

 

  

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LIST OF THE 125 MOST FAMOUS AMERICANS OF ALL TIME-WORLDWIDE.

The list is an astonishing roster of names, you might think, will never be remembered or thought about in 2005. And names, you ipso facto you think, should and must be included, for instance, Johnny Carson, Pamela Anderson, Larry King, Martin Luther King and Babe Ruth. Source: European Journal/International News Agency International Poll 2005 outside the United States. No American citizen participated in the poll. The survey/poll targeted foreigners.

Photo: Babe Ruth is completely unknown to foreigners.

#1.Paula Abdul. #2.Mohammed Ali. #3.Woody Allen. #4.Louis Armstrong. #5.Fred Astaire. #6.Joan Baez. #7.Tammy Fae Bakker. #8.Lucille Ball. #9.Warren Beatty. #10.Chuck Berry. #11.Shirley Temple Black. #12.Marlon Brando. #13.George Bush. #14.Al Capone. #15.Edgar Cayce. #16.Ray Charles. #17.Cher. #18.Bill Clinton. #19.Hillary Rodham Clinton. #20.Nat King Cole. #21.Bing Crosby. #22.Tom Cruise. #23.Bette Davis. #24.Sammy Davis, Jr. #25.Leonardo DiCaprio. #26.Robert DeNiro. #27.Johnny Depp. #28.James Dean. #29.Neil Diamond. #30.Walt Disney. #31.Robert Downing Jr. #32.Bob Dylan. #33.Clint Eastwood. #34.Thomas Edison. #35.Dwight Eisenhower. #36.Linda Evans. #37.Jane Fonda. #38.Clark Gable. #39.Bill Gates. #40.Richard Gere. #41.Cary Grant. #42.Melanie Griffith. #34.Ernest Hemingway. #35.Jimi Hendrix. #36.Charlton Heston. #37.Bob Hope. #38.Rock Hudson. #39.Howard Hughes. #40.Lee Iacocca. #41.Kareem Abdul Jabbar. #42.Michael Jackson. #43.Magic Johnson. #44.Janis Joplin. #45.Michael Jordan. #46.Diane Keaton. #47.Jacqueline Kennedy. #48.John F. Kennedy. #49.Robert Kennedy. #50.John Kerry. #51.Nicole Kidman. #52.Stephen King. #53.Monica Lewinsky. #54.Jerry Lewis. #55.Liberace. #56.Abraham Lincoln. #57.George Lucas. #58.Shirley MacLaine.

Photo: Johnny Carson, an American legend, known to only 1% of surveyed foreigners.

#59.Madonna. #60.Bette Midler. #61.Robert Mitchum. #62.Marilyn Monroe. #63.Eddie Murphy. #64.Paul Newman. #65.Richard Nixon. #66.Chuck Norris. #67.Bruce Lee. #68.Al Pacino. #69.Gregory Peck. #70.Sean Penn. #71.Edgar Allen Poe. #72.Colin Powell. #73.Elvis Presley. #74.Nancy Reagan. #75.Dan Rather. #76.Ronald Reagan. #77.Robert Redford. #78.Christopher Reeve. #79.Condoleeza Rice. #80.Julia Roberts. #81.Donald Rumsfeld.  #82.Arnold Schwarzenegger. #83.Tom Selleck. #84.Brooke Shields. #85.Cybill Shepherd. #86.Beverly Sills. #87.O.J. Simpson. #88.Frank Sinatra. #89.Steven Spielberg. #90.Bruce Springsteen. #91.Martha Stewart. #92.Jimmy Stewart. #93.Sharon Stone. #94.Meryl Streep. #95.Barbra Streisand. #96.Elizabeth Taylor. #97.Spencer Tracy. #98.John Travolta. #99.Donald Trump. #100.Ted Turner. #101.Tina Turner. #102.Mike Tyson. #103.George Washington. #104.John Wayne. #105.Robin Williams. #106.Oprah Winfrey. #107.Stevie Wonder.  #108.Renee Zelleweger.  #109.Catherine Zeta- Jones.  #110.Britney Spears. #111.Humphrey Bogart. #112.James Cagney.  #113.Paul Anka. #114.Jimmy Carter. #115.Dean Martin. #116.Bo Derek.  #117.Peter Jennings. #118.Hulk Hogan. #119.Janet Jackson. #120.Gary Cooper. #122.Burt Lancaster. #123.Norah Jones. #124.Steve McQueen. #125.John Glenn.