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...than grind his pelvis. So nearly every Elvis single would have a soft, sentimental tune ("That's When Your Heartaches Begin") on the flip side of a rockin' hit ("All Shook Up"). His movies balanced the uptempo songs with a few mellow ones ("Love Me Tender," "Young and Beautiful," "Blue Hawaii"). Later, some of his biggest hits were emotive reworkings of plaintive folk songs from Italy ("Sorrento" became "It's Now or Never") or France ("Plaisir d'amour" morphed into "I Can't Help Falling in Love With You"). You might guess he was ignoring his core fans to play...
...only five years) threw a street party in Manchester that drew thousands of revelers. City fans were treated to Thai delicacies such as red curry and stir-fried rice noodles, while karaoke-loving Thaksin lent his voice to a rousing rendition of the team's anthem, Blue Moon...
...backdrops are colored by Norman Rockwell, the soul of the Iowa caucus belongs to the heirs of Saul Alinsky and Phyllis Schlafly--the committed political organizers who have meant more to democracy than a hundred miles of red-white-and-blue bunting. Iowa is all about the power of small, highly motivated groups to influence politics beyond their raw numbers. And that's an American story as eternal as the Boston Tea Party, the abolitionists and the Montgomery, Ala., bus boycott...
...Australian dollars I was using on Monday have become American dollars and then Singapore dollars, losing a little in value with each exchange. Winter has become summer has become what feels like spring. Yet when I finally get to Ladakh, and look at all the snowcaps, the shockingly blue sky, the monasteries perched on hilltops all across the magical openness, I realize I've done something that I could not have dreamed of as a boy. Traveling by air, as has been said of democracy, is a terrible idea - until you think of all the other options...
...Pollution. Getting these public transportation projects finished is important because cars have become a major contributor to Beijing's noxious air, and 1,000 more are registered in the city every day. City officials said Monday that air quality is improving, but the rarity of blue skies in the capital shows that much work still needs to be done. On most days it seems unwise to go for a jog, much less run an Olympic marathon. But Beijing could have one unique contingency plan. "A temporary measure - which perhaps no government in the world except for China could...