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...party seems to be rallying behind Olmert. The wealthy, elegantly dressed 60-year-old attorney with a taste for Havana cigars long ago lost touch with his old, blue-collar Likud constituency. Like Sharon, he has moved far from his hard-right roots to a shrewd pragmatism, becoming an outspoken advocate of separation from the Palestinians. But he lacks his mentor's charisma, military record and popularity with the public...
...movie of shifting identities, Bello is the one stable character, the rock in a hard place. The clarity and power she brought to the role won her a New York Film Critics Circle award and a Golden Globe nomination. It is a nice step up for the blue-collar kid from Philly, who distinguished herself on E.R. and as William Macy's girlfriend in The Cooler. "I had my first dress fitting last night," she says, beaming. "I was like Cinderella...
...work with Democrats to carry out his plans. But rather than viewing it as the practical move the Governor said it was, or drawing comfort from Kennedy's pro-business voting record while serving on the state utilities commission since 2003, both moderate and conservative Republicans saw only blue. State G.O.P. leaders publicly fretted that she might divulge election strategy to Democrats. Others took it as a slap. "He's just told a lot of people who spent their lives fighting her that their work is meaningless," says Ray Haynes, one of about 20 Republican assemblymen who met with...
...early 19th century, Shetlanders have celebrated Up Helly Aa, a fire festival that heralds the end of winter and the return of the sun. The biggest celebration is in Lerwick, the capital, on the last Tuesday in January; this year it's Jan. 31. Last year, 51 Vikings wearing blue velvet tunics, winged helmets and sealskin capes cheered and wielded their axes as they dragged their longship through Lerwick's streets. Behind them, cannibals with necklaces of fake teeth, pirates and fat ballerinas were among the nearly 900 guisers: men in costume bearing flaming torches whose deep voices bellow...
...post offense, which had been weakened by the loss of star center Elise Morrison early in the year with a season-ending injury. Harvard missed defensive stalwart Christiana Lackner, a junior who was injured in practice on Friday.Dartmouth forward Sydney Scott—a “blue collar worker,” said Delaney-Smith—finished with 24 points and 11 rebounds. For the crowd of 1342, the atmosphere was charged with the anticipation of yet another classic between the two schools.“It was definitely nerves in the first half,” Rollins...