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...very different ways), and according to a participant, Pentagon officials regularly skipped meetings of Rice's group that was planning for a postwar Iraq. Rumsfeld, for one, has not always treated Rice with due deference. At a planning meeting on the war in Iraq and its aftermath, an organization chart was passed around at the top of which were the initials NSA. "What's NSA?" asked Rumsfeld. "That would be me," replied Rice. A senior Republican statesman outside the Administration thinks Defense has undermined the proper functioning of the machinery of government. Rumsfeld, says this source, is "a master...
...heartthrob croons on the CD. Usher's publicist insists there is no baby and denies speculation that the controversy was hatched to whip up publicity. Stunt or not, Usher is expected to deliver Confessions to No. 1 on the Billboard chart this week. We're sure he's a proud papa...
...rest of the album is just as engaging. “Take Me Out,” which shot to number three on the British singles chart within a week of its release, sounds like the best song the Strokes never wrote for its first minute, before deconstructing itself into exuberant bohemian funk...
Quincy Jones is able to persuasively chart the flow of 20th century music, as his talent and strong personality has kept him on top. Talking about the theme to Sanford and Son, a TV show starring his old friend Red Foxx, Jones says that, “I wrote that as a musical impression of Red Fox’s personality.” The statement is accurate and astute, and his work often exhibits a psychological perceptiveness and depth...
...chart the changing fortunes of presidential candidates is to note their shifting relations with the press. Back in December, an easy-breezy Howard Dean whiled away hours with his press corps, playing (and routinely losing at) Oh Hell!, a card game he taught them. But by January, as his press contingent swelled to more than 50, his schedule grew tight, and the cards were packed away. Now, with his campaign flagging, Dean is once more cozying up to the media. He's dealing out the cards again and holding so many press conferences that reporters occasionally run out of questions...