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...inalienable right" to return. His party faithful, undaunted by their leader's absence and the arrest of many of his aides, are planning mass protests that are likely to feature a wide spectrum of Pakistanis upset with Musharraf - from Islamists to communists to professionals to small-business folk. "What the government did to stop Sharif was absolutely disastrous for this country," says shopkeeper Oranzab Shahid. "As a citizen of Pakistan it was his right to come back." Sharif's brother, Shahbaz, has sworn to lead the battle against Musharraf from the PMLN London office, and Sharif's wife Kulsoom Nawaz...
...THAT BLACK MUD? Put a little sugar in it ... add a little water, and you can paint all day." So said American folk artist Jimmy Lee Sudduth, who got his start in mud painting as a toddler, accompanying his healer mom through the Alabama woods. Using his fingers as a brush, plywood as canvas, and sugar, berries and turnip greens for color and texture, Sudduth, a star of the folk-art explosion of the 1980s, painted his life--his dog, farm animals and, after traveling, the U.S. Capitol. Sudduth's works are in the permanent collections of a number...
...Folk medicines: Some remedies popular in Hispanic and Asian communities are high in lead...
...still something dreamlike about the week that followed the death of Diana, Princess of Wales. Was central London really carpeted with flowers? Did every U.S. TV network throw out its schedule to cover, at length, the funeral of an English divorcé of uncertain prospects? Did the most levelheaded folk you know choke up about 10 times that week, snuffling into their tissues, "I can't imagine why it's gotten to me so much...
...sentimental tune ("That's When Your Heartaches Begin") on the flip side of a rockin' hit ("All Shook Up"). His movies balanced the uptempo songs with a few mellow ones ("Love Me Tender," "Young and Beautiful," "Blue Hawaii"). Later, some of his biggest hits were emotive reworkings of plaintive folk songs from Italy ("Sorrento" became "It's Now or Never") or France ("Plaisir d'amour" morphed into "I Can't Help Falling in Love With You"). You might guess he was ignoring his core fans to play to their elders. But no, kids liked the slow numbers too, if only...