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...authoritarian and self-centered way," says Begoña Lasagabaster, a Basque congresswoman. The bad publicity just kept coming. Cadena Ser, a well-regarded Spanish radio network, reported that in January the Spanish government hired Washington law firm Piper Rudnick to, among other things, help Aznar collect the Congressional Gold Medal. Officials from Aznar's Popular Party say it's common practice for governments to hire Washington lobbyists, but critics are charging misappropriation of public funds. The U.S. Congress has yet to approve the medal. Aznar, meanwhile, rejects all charges of impropriety: "People can invent many things to distract attention...
...reached the $200 million mark for domestic box office in just eight days. These two sequels - and the third Harry Potter movie, The Prisoner of Azkaban - have also received the blessing of critics, some saying the projects are better the second or third time around. Everything old is gold again. Is this good news or bad? Does sequelmania provide evidence of a pop culture that has discovered a savory supply of renourishment or a culture that is simply feeding on itself? Indeed, does the love for sequels indicate that the very idea of artistic newness has become old-fashioned, obsolete...
...more than a year. If she travels just a few blocks to visit friends, she must make elaborate arrangements to be picked up by her husband in his car. Taxis, which are often driven by thugs or terrorists, are far too dangerous. Women who used to go out wearing gold jewelry and makeup no longer display even wedding rings outside the house. Though many women among Iraq's educated middle class now don head scarves as protection from the dirty looks of religious extremists in the streets, Nafret refuses. "That's not my style...
...Vatican is a place where almost every fact has already logged weeks as rumor. But when Portland, Ore., Archbishop John Vlazny announced last week that he was taking his legally besieged archdiocese into Chapter 11 bankruptcy ("The pot of gold is pretty much empty," he contended), the Holy See was genuinely stunned. A senior Vatican official remained convinced Vlazny was bluffing until a wire-service story was read to him. Others confirm that two years ago, Bernard Cardinal Law was denied permission to do the same thing when he was Boston Archbishop. They suspect Vlazny asked no one's leave...
...even begun, and world records are already falling. U.S. swimming phenom MICHAEL PHELPS last week destroyed his own world record in the 400 individual medley at the U.S. Olympic team trials for swimming in Long Beach, Calif., thus launching his assault on Mark Spitz's record of seven gold medals in a single Olympics...