Word: loyalism
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...love you so much," said Jackson, 50, barely audible over the whooping of his loyal supporters who crowded a shopping arcade outside the arena. "This is it. I just want to say that these will be my final show performances in London." (See pictures of Michael Jackson...
...believers. It probably won't make even alternative movie history. It certainly contains its share of popcorn breaks: hit the concession stand whenever Dan and Laurie start their mooning. But it bravely pursues its agenda with a monomaniacal grandeur, on the order of Speed Racer and Synecdoche, New York. (Loyal readers will understand that I mean this as a compliment.) Both admirable for and cramped by its fidelity to the Moore vision, this ambitious picture is a thing of bits and pieces. Yes, the bits are glorious, the pieces magnificent. Still, this Watchmen is more like a swatch...
...Shortz held the first U.S. KenKen tournament this weekend at the 32nd annual American Crosswords Puzzle tournament in Brooklyn, which drew more than 900 people from across the world - including KenKen's creator, Tetsuya Miyamoto, who flew in from Tokyo for the occasion. TIME spoke with Shortz about his loyal (if occasionally creepy) fan base, his addiction to KenKen, the golden age of puzzles and the See Ready, Set, Solve: A Crossword Puzzle Showdown...
Military officers close to the Army chief of staff General Batista Tagme Na Wai blamed those loyal to the president for the military leader's death as a massive explosion destroyed the building he was in on Sunday. Shortly after that incident, according to a Reuters journalist in the capital Bissau, Angolan diplomats took the country's First Lady into safekeeping while President João Bernado Vieira - known by his nickname "Nino" - apparently refused to flee his home. He was reportedly shot in the head by Na Wai's loyalists. (See pictures of Africa's cocaine...
...salesman for himself and his vision of the American dream, he was also a master peddler of many products, whose makers were as loyal to Harvey as his listeners were. A skit from the 1984-85 season of Saturday Night Live had Harvey (played by Rich Hall) compulsively peppering his news items with sponsor names. The man remained unapologetic. "Some days," he told Larry King in 1988, "the best news in the broadcast is the commercial. You can keep your natural teeth all your natural life! There is a glove that doesn't wear out! There is a car battery...