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Mandela recently bestowed South Africa's highest honor, the Order of Good Hope, upon Libyan dictator Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi. Perhaps in a testament to their ideological ties, both Qaddafi and Mandela have in the past played host to Louis Farrakhan, the unashamedly anti-Semitic leader of the Nation of Islam. It was Qaddafi's generous offer to the black American leader that raised the ire of the Clinton administration. While Mandela offered no official financial support to Farrakhan, he did receive him warmly, disquieting Jewish communities in South Africa and the U.S. alike...
...with a finance company. "You have to set your priorities. If proper child care costs more, you have to find a way to afford it." Calls to radio talk shows were rougher. "Apparently the parents didn't want a kid," said a caller to WRKO talk-show host Howie Carr. "Now they don't have...
...Paris, Grasso had set up an open line to the exchange from his room in the luxurious Hotel de Crillon, where he was host of a dinner. Grasso found himself giving a blow-by-blow account of developments in New York to his guests. "It made for an exciting dinner," says Grasso. But a forgettable meal. He barely touched the exquisitely prepared lamb that had been placed in front of him. He was scheduled to fly to Cairo on Tuesday but returned promptly to New York. "It was clear," he says, "that we were going to have another test...
...curator and art historian of the museum (Peter MacNicol) inexplicably offers to put Bean up for his stay in town, affording Bean the opportunity to wreck not only the painting and the official unveiling (for which he is supposed to give a speech), but also his poor host's house and home...
Making Bean's unwitting victims actual characters--as opposed to leaving them unwitting and unexplored as per the show--also turns out to be a mistake. The movie makes viewers obliged to feel sorry for them, a surefire way to kill the fun. Bean's curator host is incredibly whiny and annoying, and quite undeserving of all the screen time he soaks up. MacNicol, whom one wants to strangle, is straight out of the generic fretting and put-upon straightman mold, and his presence truly cheapens Atkinson's admirable efforts...