Word: london
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ELTON JOHN has never been accused of subtlety, and extravagance comes at a price. This may explain why, despite his ranking as one of the world's richest pop stars, the Versace-favoring singer is seeking a $40 million loan from a London bank. An article in the London Sunday Times last week claimed that John is already carrying debts with British and American banks in excess of $11 million; he is known to ring up as much as $400,000 a week in credit-card bills and is said to stock his British homes with 240 flower arrangements...
...boat fell behind Imperial College of London and never recovered, losing by three-quarters of a length. Imperial College went on to lose to Cambridge University, which beat Princeton to reach the final...
...time filming began in 1997, the three had become virtually inseparable. The set at Pinewood Studios outside London became their home away from home. The apartment of the film's couple was modeled after one Kubrick once kept in Manhattan, but Kidman chose the books, the color of the window shades, and even added the change Cruise always leaves by their bed at home. She populated it with her own things too, leaving her makeup in the bathroom, tossing her clothes on the floor. "It's sort of messy," she giggles, urging moviegoers to check out her living habits. Says...
...loyalists to agree on the handover of IRA weapons. Loyalist politicians had sought to delay the creation of the Northern Ireland Assembly's executive, which would include two seats for the republican Sinn Fein, until the IRA begins decommissioning its weapons. By legislatively enabling the creation of the executive, London is effectively endorsing Sinn Fein's position that the surrender of the IRA weapons should follow the timetable agreed to last year, which requires that the handover be completed by next May. Neither Sinn Fein nor the Ulster Unionists have endorsed the plan announced by Blair, but while Sinn Fein...
...Trimble will now have to consult with his constituents over whether to accept the British plan or lead the parties who want Northern Ireland to remain part of Britain on a path of confrontation with London. The first test of the loyalist mood will come Sunday, when British troops will enforce a ban on a march by Protestant militants through a Catholic neighborhood in Drumcree. The spectacle of miles of razor wire and a field flooded to create a moat between Protestant marchers -- ostensibly commemorating the Battle of the Somme -- and some 1,000 troops and police protecting the Catholic...