Word: gifting
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...eighth black, and Jeffersonian in appearance: tall with reddish hair and gray eyes. But Thomas would become a leader in the black community, founding an African Methodist church. Madison put down roots near a mulatto settlement and also stayed in the black community. "Though we consider it a gift of God, our one enduring question is why Madison chose to stay black when it might have been easier to live as white," asks his descendant, Shay Banks-Young, 54, who lives in Columbus...
Tony Bennett's greatest gift as a singer has always been his warmth, the sheer joy and geniality that radiate from his pipes. The same goes for this memoir, which skates pleasantly over the surface of his life--just about everyone he ever worked with is "the greatest"--and doesn't even wobble on the choppy patches (the divorces, the cocaine, the time he beat up Don Rickles). One especially wishes the book dug more deeply into Bennett's music--a surprising lack, since co-author Will Friedwald is one of the sharpest jazz writers around. Still, this...
When NEWT GINGRICH and his self-proclaimed revolutionaries took power after the 1994 elections, they passed the so-called gift ban, a deliberately draconian law that prohibits members of Congress and their staffs from accepting gifts of any value--even a cup of coffee--from lobbyists, journalists and contributors. Another reform: Gingrich placed six-year term limits on all committee chairmen. But in the days since Newt announced his resignation, his presumptive heir, BOB LIVINGSTON of Louisiana, has been peppered with furtive requests from fellow Republicans who want to turn back the reform clock. The total gift ban, they argue...
Little Voice (Jane Horrocks), a withdrawn young woman who is constantly hectored by her blowsy mom (Brenda Blethyn) and courted by a drab-as-drywall repairman (Ewan McGregor), lives only for the pop standards her dear dead dad loved. Turns out she has an eerie gift for mimicking Judy Garland, Marilyn Monroe and other ghosts of chanteuses past. So a local talent scout (Michael Caine) thrusts the kid onstage for her, and the film's, moment of magic. Horrocks' metamorphosis from starling to star is worth cherishing. But stay around for Caine's bilious rendition of Roy Orbison...
...heard about the year 2000 problem--you know, every computer at the stroke of the millennium turning its clock back to 1900. But what about the 1998 problem? We mean your gift dilemma--right now. What matte-black digital delights are you getting little Timmy, Mom and Sis for the holidays? With an avalanche of wired products on the market that are faster, leaner and sometimes cheaper than ever before, we thought we would lend a hand. On the following pages you will find our picks for the home, the office and the road. And if you can't bear...