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When he reached voting age, he marked his first ballot for Republican Calvin Coolidge in 1924. Five decades later, he ran for President himself. But it is what he accomplished in between that made Dr. Benjamin Spock one of the most famous and controversial figures of his century. He single-handedly changed the way parents raise their children. He preached, albeit gently, that what infants need most from their mothers and fathers is love. Babies are not, he argued (against the prevailing wisdom of the times), little savages who must be broken to adult schedules as quickly as possible...
...Israeli-Palestinian diplomacy, a handshake is never just the meeting of two palms. So when British Foreign Secretary ROBIN COOK breached an understanding that he would not meet Palestinians at a disputed Jewish settlement and even pressed the flesh of one of their legislators, Benjamin Netanyahu responded with a few choice gestures. He canceled dinner, a press conference and, touche, the usual handshake. Cook, under the misapprehension that diplomacy means saying what you think, shot back, "It's something of a mercy to be spared a further full meal...
Broadway loves to revisit its musical heritage, but director Sam Mendes' new version of Cabaret is likely to give it a jolt. The sex is raw and upfront: Cliff (John Benjamin Hickey), the American writer who befriends Sally, is more overtly bisexual, and the leering number Two Ladies features a shadow play of simulated sex. The garish emcee (Alan Cumming, giving a spectacularly decadent twist on the part that made Joel Grey's career) sports blue and red eye shadow, sequined nipples and suspenders wrapped around his crotch--Alex from A Clockwork Orange filtered through Madonna's Sex book. Where...
Tony Blair will need all of his considerable charm to smooth Benjamin Netanyahu?s ruffled feathers when he visits Israel next month to encourage the Mideast peace process. The Israeli leader yesterday canceled dinner with British foreign secretary Robin Cook -- refusing even a public handshake -- after Mr. Cook met with a Palestinian leader near a disputed Israeli settlement in Arab East Jerusalem...
...major diplomatic rebuff, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu canceled a dinner with Cook after the foreign secretary met with Palestinian representatives in Arab East Jerusalem. Netanyahu?s move is a sign of the limits of E.U. leverage in the Mideast peace process: "The European Union has no influence whatsoever over Israel," says Beyer. "To say even that Cook's visit will achieve very little would be an unrealistically high expectation...