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Photo: Models Hillary Choo and Laury Prudent are captured boxing underwater by diver and film director Mick Gleissner.

Bilingual News: Whether you kick back with a glass of wine, immerse yourself in a novel or strike up a conversation with the person next to you on a plane can be determined by which nationality is listed on your passport, a survey claimed. According to the results of a passenger investigation, Australians are the biggest boozers with 36 percent choosing to down the hatch, compared with 35 percent of Americans and 33 percent of Brits.

Buzzword: The name "soap opera" stems from the original dramatic serials broadcast on radio that had soap manufacturers such as Procter &Gamble as sponsors and producers. These early radio series were broadcast in weekday daytime slots when most listeners would be housewives; thus the shows were aimed at and consumed by a predominantly female audience.