Word: fussed
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...want to make a big fuss," she says asthe shoplifter exits the store...
...Colombian singer-songwriter is on her way up: she's topping Billboard's Latin charts; she recently won a Grammy nomination; and she's working on her first English-language album. The fuss over Shakira is justified. On her latest CD she charges Latin pop with rock 'n' roll to thrilling effect. Even when her music gets loud, Shakira's vibrant contralto remains sweet and expressive. The album's title translates as "Where are the thieves?" Missing out on this collection would be at least a misdemeanor...
...even that wasn't as STUPID as the fuss in Washington," Buckwheat added. "David Howard, a white man just appointed as ombudsman for the new mayor, Anthony Williams, was talking to two staff members about the budget. He said that since funds were limited, he'd have to take a 'niggardly' approach...
...resignation." Buckwheat paused. "In a city like Washington this could start an epidemic of oversensitivity. You could have an explosion the next time somebody says there's a 'nip in the air' or a 'chink in your armor.' We've got to inject some common sense into this STUPID fuss...
Much of the fuss centers on the revelation in the family memoir, re-created in the movie, that Du Pre had a 16-month affair with her brother-in-law and that the relationship was condoned by her sister Hilary. When excerpts appeared in the London Sunday Times, outraged fans and friends of Jacqueline's vilified the book, charging that it sullied one of Britain's greatest virtuosos. Hilary and Piers defend their memoir as an attempt to reveal the personal side of their sister and argue that the excerpts played up the sensational parts of the story. "If people...