Word: entertainers
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...close to the party's working class base but unable to hold his own in the rough and tumble of Berlin grand coalition politics. The job may also have been "too much for him intellectually," speculates Langguth. The final blow may have been his decision earlier this year to entertain the prospect of forming a government in the state of Hesse with the minority backing of Die Linke, a party that many of the SPD's old guard leaders, Muentefering among them, will not tolerate...
...Hardest By T. Boone Pickens; out now The latest memoir from the Texas oilman turned alternative-energy promoter is heavier on life lessons than behind-the-scenes anecdotes, though Pickens' sauciness--"Booneism #5: The higher a monkey climbs a tree, the more people can see his ass"--does entertain...
...followers decided, instead, to take over Samak's offices, hoping that extreme trespassing would supplant the power of the ballot box. At first, the mood at the besieged compound was celebratory, with the Alliance supplying plenty of free food and drinks - and even veteran rock stars coming to entertain the crowds. But early on Sept. 2, the atmosphere took a sudden turn when a deadly street battle erupted between the PAD and a counter-protest group that supports the embattled Prime Minister. Dozens were injured as mobs attacked each other with whatever weapons were on hand - bamboo sticks, guns, even...
Throughout the Twilight saga, there are many different kinds of love between the characters--romantic, paternal, etc. Do you have a message about love that you want the reader to walk away with? -Marissa Parisi BURLINGTON, VT.I never write messages. I always write things that entertain me, and one of the things that I find really enjoyable to explore is the idea of love. I like looking at my own life and my friends and family and how love changes who you are. It fascinates...
...made political points--sometimes anti-U.S., often against the Egyptian hierarchy--but his didacticism was typically overwhelmed by his irrepressible urge to entertain, whether with the underclass tragedy Cairo Station (1958) or with a delirious love story like The Other (1999). Influenced by Hollywood comedy, Italian neorealism and Indian musical melodramas, he tossed everything--ideas, people, whole nations and regions--up in the air for the intoxicated viewer to try to catch...