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...government's standing has also been buffeted by multiple scandals. His deputy, John Prescott, was exposed as having an affair with his appointments secretary. The husband of Tessa Jowell, the Culture Secretary, is alleged to have taken bribes from outgoing Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi. Home Secretary Charles Clarke was forced out when it was revealed that his department had ignored repeated warnings that dangerous foreign prisoners were being released when their sentences were up rather than being considered for deportation. And Scotland Yard is examining whether Labour Party figures may have effectively sold places in the House of Lords...
...this year, and in 2007, for the first time, a long-haul retreat [an error occurred while processing this directive]on St. Barts in the French West Indies. Accommodation in all locations is plush, and no more than 10 participants are accepted at one time. So why did my husband and I consign ourselves to this exclusive penitentiary? An old friend and retreat veteran bamboozled us into joining her by making it sound like a spa. "It's lovely. Lovely walks, lovely yoga, lovely massages," she said. In retrospect, her eyes were suspiciously bright as she added...
...have described yourself as stubborn. Does your husband find it exasperating to argue with you? My husband and I rarely argue. I want to tell you something interesting: I believe so strongly in equality that I have even filled my family life with it. My husband and I have two daughters. The elder looks like her mother but has chosen her father's profession--she is an engineer. My younger daughter looks like her father, but her character is like mine. For this reason she is becoming a lawyer. So you can see we have divided our world equally. There...
...California. He had his son swinging clubs as a toddler and, after failing to persuade the boy to pursue other interests, became his trainer and devoted champion, once calling Tiger the "chosen one." Yet the close bond between the two?Tiger called him "an amazing dad, coach, mentor, soldier, husband and friend"?was unmistakable. After Tiger's Masters win in 1997?the first for a black player?he and his father embraced on the 18th green, a moment that became one of the most memorable in golf. Of his son, Earl said: "My greatest satisfaction is that...
...meat tastes like rabbit. Like dried baby goat. Or perhaps?I know!?like veal." PRINCE HENRIK of DENMARK, husband of Queen Margrethe II, describing one of his favorite foods to Danish magazine...