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...It’s a] huge course,” Yalman said. “People are curious, [thinking] what on earth is going on out there? They are interested in getting a general background [on the situation], which is really what is needed...
Adding weight to that theory: the curious timing. The putative explanation for the government's thinking is that, with the case due for an in-court status hearing this week, Justice wanted to give Microsoft an idea of what would be on and off the table. But after that hearing, the case is headed into settlement talks, and it's Negotiation 101 to hold onto all your bargaining chips until you get to the table. Why abandon, in exchange for nothing at all, the one scenario Microsoft fears the most...
...more dignified moments at the MTV Video Music Awards, a spectacle that started low and slithered downhill from there, landing in a lagoon of cheese, with BRITNEY SPEARS' joyless gyrations to her new single Slave 4 U. (She didn't like her boa, it seems.) The most curious aspect was the shameless shilling. Presenters like MACY GRAY, right, Busta Rhymes, Shakira and others were more interested in the "Song of Myself," relentlessly hawking their new releases. At least Missy Elliott (lowered from the ceiling via chandelier) had the grace to remember the singer Aaliyah with an airbrushed portrait...
Refreshingly, this eight-part survey portrays Africans from the mountains of Ethiopia to the mines of Lesotho as ordinary folks, not victims. It's visually rich without exoticism, curious without condescension...
...curious thing about Condit's performance was that there seemed to be so many well-worn paths to redemption. When they heard Condit was finally ready to jump on the media barbecue last week, two of Bill Clinton's many lawyers actually sat around their offices writing the script in their heads. The drill is so routine by now that you can practically download it from meaculpa.com "I did a stupid thing, America. In an attempt to protect my family and Chandra Levy's, I kept my mouth shut when I should have gone immediately to the police. I shouldn...