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...queens, princes and princesses, fairy tales will die. Lokendra Nath Roychoudhury Calcutta, India The British royal family should have let Charles propose to Camilla right from the onset. Broken hearts, broken families and unnecessary death would have been avoided. If it had not been for Charles' on-and-off affair with Camilla, he would not have been separated or divorced from Diana. Diana would not have taken up with Dodi Fayed, and there would have been no car accident. But wait, there would also not have been Diana, Queen of Hearts. It all boils down to providence. Augustine Kallon Hemmingen...
HARRY STONECIPHER, after resigning as aerospace manufacturer Boeing's CEO, following his extramarital affair with a senior colleague
...sudden ouster of Harry Stonecipher as CEO of Boeing for having an affair with an employee was just the latest blow to the aerospace giant, whose previous CEO, Phil Condit, resigned 18 months ago in an Air Force contracting scandal. But the nation's second biggest defense contractor may have more worries ahead. In the cross hairs this week is a $120 billion Army contract, managed by Boeing, that would enable computer-equipped soldiers on the ground to see and fight the enemy with satellites, unmanned vehicles and futuristic weapons. Senator John McCain of Arizona will hold hearings this week...
...moment that captured the essence of the old Barlow came in his performance of “Mary,” another Emoh gem. The song is a wryly blasphemous tale in which the narrator claims to have had a fruitful affair with the Virgin Mary. “Thank you Mary, you saved me too/They’d stone us both if they ever knew,” he crooned with a smile, as the crowd erupted in laughter over Barlow’s proof that he’s as edgy as ever...
...Harvard’s most popular bands, The Blanks, Long Le-Khac’s Harvard career has been colored by his passion for music and performance. Although he infuses the band with an element of what he terms “groove,” his love affair with music began on the violin...