Word: fame
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...familiar song. Girl has a remarkable voice, which her hometown discovers before she even enters school. By her teens, she is singing professionally. Soon, she's on the road. Fame and fortune come her way, either through struggle or windfall. So do men, who often treat her shabbily. There might be a season of drugs or insanity, or both. Still, musical success has arrived. It's a well-worn tale, but we never tire of hearing about these divas of our day. And the publishing industry is ever eager to oblige. Here are some new tomes about our finest songstresses...
...Lily Chin, who travels the U.S. as a knitting instructor, the craft goes deeper than fashion and fame. "The U.S. is the hardest-working country in the world," says Chin, 38. "We need the downtime, and knitting has been scientifically proved to be a stress reducer." Since she began giving lessons in 1991, Chin has had a dramatic drop in the average age of her students. Why? Gloria Steinem had her day, but now Martha Stewart says it's O.K.--even empowering--to nest. "Sometimes I can work 12 hours a day and not accomplish much," explains Yassy Okamoto...
Dunne handed his information over to a new friend--Mark Fuhrman of O.J. Simpson-trial fame. Fuhrman had just written a book about the trial and was seeking a possible sequel. (His agent was Linda Tripp's pal Lucianne Goldberg.) With the Sutton material in hand, he headed up to Connecticut and, despite being "harassed" by the police, published his own investigation as Murder in Greenwich in June 1998. Fuhrman believes that testimony from the tutor throws into doubt Michael's original alibi and that his new story is "a concoction that puts him at the scene of the crime...
Marino holds every major single-season and career passing record the NFL has. He is a shoo-in vote for the Hall of Fame if there ever were one, and his position as one of the greatest to ever play the game is secure...
...Being from Paris, France, we don't get this much snow ever.... My main pastime and claim to fame is throwing snowballs at trees. I'm trying to perfect my aim," said procrastinator Julian Sancton '03, who was enjoying the weather despite his impending final today...