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...tears at midnight. Suffering and ardor suffuse her music because Piaf performed the same way she lived, holding back nothing. "Je suis entiere," she once said, I am totally committed. Heard again, the husky, impassioned voice revives a fading dream of Paris. And for that, the French again clasp her to their hearts and will never...
Walt Whitman once wrote, "From the clasp of the knitted locks, from the keep of the well-closed doors, let me be wafted...
...island-nation status. Labour Party transport spokesman John Prescott calls this attitude one of England's greatest problems. "We're going to have to be more reoriented toward Europe," he says. In spite of Britain's reservations, when the main breakthrough occurs on Dec. 1, men will meet, clasp hands and celebrate the fulfillment of a dream that has been alive for more than two centuries...
...overly responsive to praise. He claims to dislike interviews and awards and describes himself simply as a "maker of books." Though England is his base and spiritual home, he prefers the convenience and anonymity of large hotels and jetliners where, 30,000 ft. above the chaos, he can clasp a pillow to his stomach, insist that "reading is too important to do on airplanes" and begin once again to turn high anxiety into high...
...analysts also see some sociology behind the economics. Because baby boomers take their parenting so seriously, there is much murmuring about traditional values. Thus Kenner is pushing its Special Blessings doll, with Velcro hands that clasp and floppy knees that genuflect. The company wanted to develop a doll that "would appeal to a child's image of God as a big, * amorphous friend." Kitchenware is also popular. "I am getting my daughter a set of plastic pots and pans and a little stove and sink, which I also had," says Hillary Adams, 30, mother of Natalie, 2. "But the best...