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...punk's anger. Sensing a widespread hunger for American soul sounds, he and three Manchester pals formed Simply Red in 1984. Their first No. 1 hit, Holding Back the Years, harked back to the fluid ease of the pure soul classics of the '60s and showcased Hucknall's dapper, crying tenor...
...Studs shows how eager people are to reduce their romantic lives to salacious gag lines, the syndicated That's Amore demonstrates how adept some folks are at turning marriage into sitcom material. Under the guiding hand of a dapper Italian host named Luca, couples restage their marital spats as if they were auditioning for a spinoff of Married . . . with Children ("You are ; the boss of nothing!" "Where were your brains -- your rear end?"). At the end of each episode, the audience selects a victor. But it matters little: the prize in either case is a "second honeymoon," so the couple...
Privilege begins with a lucky roll of the genes. Candice's father was the ventriloquist Edgar Bergen, a dapper vaudevillian in top hat and tux, who with his monocled dummy, Charlie McCarthy, made every radio appearance seem like a Broadway opening night. Her mother is Frances Westerman, a fashion model renowned in her youth as "the Ipana Girl." Edgar and Frances made quite a pair: handsome, smart, moneyed, decent. And they made quite a daughter, one at ease with her favors, slow to complain about being too lovely or too little loved. If aloof Edgar at times seemed closer...
...didn't look at anyone in the room except the judge. The young Harvard student breezed into the courtroom with an air of confidence and annoyance. Dressed in a dapper gray suit and shiny shoes, he approached the judge directly. The student stood straight, eyes focused on the bench, unwavering the in his head-to-head clash with the law. He was charged with as saluting a Cambridge police officer...
...natural step for the man who for 35 years has been the host of his own talk show on Chicago's WFMT. In his checked shirts, and suits that look like they are sent out to be cleaned and rumpled, Terkel is the city's most recognizable author. The dapper Saul Bellow would be a close second. Scott Turow's commuter camouflage renders him nearly invisible...