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...good," she sings with remarkable power and sinew in another song, and it's not a boast, though her put-downs of the men who would take advantage of her certainly are. Throughout, she's mouthy, funny, sultry and quite possibly crazy, yet unlike Britney Spears or a dozen other pop idiot savants, Winehouse not only knows who she is but is able to express it in a way that's often beautiful and meaningful to others. Traditionally, we call that...
...ever get writer's block? -Julius Ogunro, Lagos, NigeriaI have the opposite problem. Every year in late spring-when it is time to start writing a book-I have so many ideas. There are always a dozen bad ideas that never take place. If people knew how easy it came, they would really hate me. [Laughs...
...exterior, the long lines of young men waiting to get in most weekend nights hint at the action inside. On a recent Saturday night, hundreds of men milled around the outer rooms drinking and flirting. Around the tennis-court-size dance floor, an Eminem concert looped on half a dozen video screens as lasers and strobe lights pulsed over the throngs below...
...light in this place, in the halls of Parliament, the fundamental seat of democracy." But after his own closed-door coddling of allies in the government's 10-party coalition, he couldn't play even that card with much conviction. Twenty months of constant internal bickering, and a half-dozen near or real crises, have made Prodi's reign resemble the political version of Survivor. Even Berlusconi, who burst onto the political scene in 1994 with billionaire bravado, has become a shadow of his former self, talking obscure Roman political jargon and cutting deals with anyone who will help...
...Early in the proceedings, about a dozen young people demonstratively left the room shouting "Shame!" and "Enough with slandering Poland!" Gross remained calm and quiet. "I speak about things that have been known but have not yet been put in such a clear, sharp and unambiguous way," he said. "It's difficult because we are talking about the time that has shaped our identity, who we think...