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...spit and a microphone that he handles more like an heirloom than a weapon. When he strides up to offer stickers to those standing next to the bar after his set, sans microphone and hoodie, his disarming smile and slight stature make it easy to mistake him for an eager groupie...
With general elections around the corner, it's no surprise that Malaysia's Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi is eager to keep attention focused on positive news, such as his government's new anticorruption drive. But Kuala Lumpur is having trouble avoiding persistent questions about Malaysian involvement in the dealings of Abdul Qadeer Khan, the scientist pardoned two weeks ago in Pakistan for providing nuclear weapons technology to North Korea, Libya and Iran...
...enough. "Very little is taboo anymore," says Titi Kamal, an up-and-coming actress who appeared in the biggest hit of last year, Eiffel ... I'm in Love, a teen romance set in Jakarta and Paris. Since its November release Eiffel has drawn more than 2.2 million viewers eager to see teen idols dealing with sexuality, peer pressure and other coming-of-age themes-little of which were allowed in the world's most populous Muslim nation's film industry until the fall of prudish President Suharto...
...with talent. "When people ask me why there are not more female designers, I point out that there aren't more female executives in any business," she says. "It's a struggle and a balance to work and be a mother and a wife." That said, she is eager to extend herself even further. "I miss being entrepreneurial," she says. "I think I'll want to once again make something from nothing." --By Michele Orecklin
...Seymour how it all started, on the morning of Dec. 27, 2001. Bacanovic, 41, was on vacation in Florida, and Faneuil had been left to man the office phones. He fielded a series of calls from family members of ImClone CEO Sam Waksal, also a Bacanovic client. They were eager to unload their shares in the biotech firm. Flustered, Faneuil called Bacanovic. When Faneuil told his boss about the Waksals, Bacanovic blurted out, "Oh, my God! Get Martha on the phone." Faneuil said he took this to mean his boss wanted to warn his prize client to sell her ImClone...