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...asserts, "The songs themselves, the attitude, the personality, is all from my personal character." Yet none of the songs on Up! reveal anything specific about that character, such as the fact that Twain recently moved into a 100-room chateau in Switzerland or that she gave birth to a baby boy, Eja. "Who wants to hear about my kid? It's private," she says flatly, dropping the subject for a moment, only to pick it up again. "Who's gonna relate to that, anyway? People are going to go out and pay for the record, and I want my music...
Twain's vocal talent was discovered when she was 4 and still called by her birth name, Eilleen. "I was singing along with the jukebox in a diner," she recalls. "These guys heard and asked my mom if I could sing louder. She put me up on the countertop, and from that moment on, she was convinced I was going to be a little performer." In need of cash, Sharon booked Twain in front of every open microphone in northern Ontario. If there were no talent shows or telethons, Sharon was not above hauling Twain...
Opponents of the new law continue to charge that it abridges the free speech rights of wealthy American citizens, well-financed lobbying groups and other purveyors of soft money. But if money becomes equated with raw political expression, then wealthy individuals, by virtue of birth or choice of profession, get more free speech than others. Without the law, a Wall Street lawyer gets a booming voice capable of permanently drowning out the mere squeak a field hand in California can muster. If campaign contributions really are a form of free speech, then the status quo means “expression?...
Subsequent research has shown folic acid helps prevent a number of birth defects, including cleft palate, brain damage and spina bifida...
...seminal work, A Theory of Justice, Rawls first expounded on his idea of a society whose success is based upon its ability to help its least advantaged members; one created within a framework of wide basic personal liberties and an equality of opportunity for all members regardless of birth. His effort to blend egalitarianism and liberalism into a comprehensive framework that both recognized moral responsibilities and their practical motivations earned him acclaim and provoked vigorous debate from his colleages at Harvard and beyond...