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...about instinct and impulse and a decision at the last minute," she admits. But it was also a savvy move that built on her two biggest assets: fame and a familiarity with the city. Her platform was simple to the point of seeming simplistic: cut crime and promote Detroit as a tourist attraction for music. But after four decades as lead singer of Martha and the Vandellas, Reeves knew how to move a crowd. She campaigned almost as easily as she had once made hits like Heat Wave and Dancing in the Streets. And she won her seat...
...recently. When his wife, Diane, saw her husband’s shirt, she made fun of him “trying to be intelligent.” So Diane aligned herself with Yale and together they decided to venture North for the game. Their trip has brought them local fame and for Diane, a ring. When Diane saw a ring she liked at a Charles Street antique store, Tom agreed to buy it if her team won. “I lost the bet,” said Tom, in an interview yesterday morning before the couple left Boston. Right...
...singer and songwriter in '70s rock group Orleans (of Still the One fame), Hall is leader of a club that also includes Bill Sali (R., Idaho), who was in the swing band Blue Country, and Paul Hodes (D., N.H.), an award-winning children's musician...
...thrilled at being rewarded instead of hounded for expressing their feelings in their work. Fundamental issues like politics, ideology and spirituality remain important themes. Images of Mao Zedong, the Red Guards and other icons of the recent past are central to the works that have brought many of them fame...
...route. In the Prince model, you write a piece of music that people love so much, they seek it out, download it and turn up the radio whenever it comes on. The Hill sisters model is trickier; they composed the melody for Happy Birthday to You. They achieved their fame by writing a tune that people don't listen to so much as sing...