Word: dashing
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...Beanie Siegel--and earned praise for his great ear and tireless ethic. But in 2002 the idea that someone like West could be a successful rapper was faintly absurd. "Kanye wore a pink shirt with the collar sticking up and Gucci loafers," recalls Damon Dash, then Roc-A-Fella CEO. "It was obvious we were not from the same place or cut from the same cloth." Says Jay-Z: "We all grew up street guys who had to do whatever we had to do to get by. Then there's Kanye, who to my knowledge has never hustled...
...seconds New world record in the 100-m dash for 95- to 99-year-olds, set by Japan's Kozo Haraguchi...
...most famous pictures, Everybody Comes to Rick's--or Casablanca, as it was soon retitled. Although Ronald Reagan, of all people, was suggested for the part in one studio press release, Bogie was the obvious choice. "This guy Rick is two-parts Hemingway, one-part Scott Fitzgerald, and a dash of cafe Christ," said one screenwriter. Various actresses, including Hedy Lamarr, Michele Morgan and Ann Sheridan, were proposed for the role that Ingrid Bergman played so indelibly well. What may surprise readers in these days of superstar supersalaries is the piddling sums paid the cast. Bogie got the most...
Loud outcries greeted Mulroney's decision last month to sell De Havilland Aircraft of Canada, Ltd., the unprofitable manufacturer of the Dash-8 commuter aircraft, to the Boeing company. Workers and leaders of both opposition parties would have preferred to see the government find a Canadian buyer for the company. Quebecers protested when the government allowed Ultramar, a British owned oil firm, to close down a Montreal refinery. Suzanne Blais-Grenier, who had already been demoted from her post as Environment Minister, used the controversy as an excuse to resign...
...world record in the 100-m dash set by Jamaican Asafa Powell, below, beating the previous record...