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...only because there is an tantalizing connection between a song of the father and the film of the son. Bowie's Space Oddity, from 1969, takes its punning title from the Kubrick movie the year before. Released nine days before the Apollo 11 moon landing, and played by the BBC in its coverage of the event, it describes the communication of a lonely astronaut: "This is Major Tom to Ground Control... / Here am I sitting in a tin can / Far above the world./ Planet Earth is blue,/ And there's nothing I can do. / Though I'm past one hundred...
...remember at Wimbledon a few years ago he was being interviewed by the BBC. They said, This is the fourth time you've won the tournament, and just hearing that he started welling up. That's just Roger. He's an emotional individual. He cares a lot about what he does and what it means...
...said in the stiflingly warm room, packed to the gills with Labour MPs and peers. "I am going to play to my strengths and address my weaknesses." By morning, the air was clearer. "The Labour Party does not want a new leader," Foreign Secretary David Miliband announced to the BBC. "There is no vacancy. There is no challenger." (See pictures of Brown as he prepared to become Prime Minister...
...sticking point is democratic freedoms, particularly the right of journalists to report the news. Prime Minister Tsvangirai declared that all the banned foreign media organizations - such as CNN and BBC - were now free to operate from Zimbabwe. But Mugabe's faction has not made operating easy, especially for the local reporters the foreign media often hire to help gather information...
...didn't happen. I presented all evidence to prove that it didn't. I ask for God's protection for he is my best advocate." - Pleading not guilty in court (BBC...