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...Welcome to a very big club, Bro. It can't be easy being a runt in a litter that includes a President. But it couldn't have been easy being Billy Ripken either, an unexceptional major league infielder craning his neck for notice while the press swarmed around Hall of Famer and elder brother Cal. It can't be easy being Eli Manning, struggling to prove himself as an NFL quarterback while big brother Peyton polishes a Super Bowl trophy and his superman stats. And you may have never heard of Tisa Farrow, an actress of no particular note beyond...
...back of her head, adjusting it so that it becomes a kind of bonnet. By the end of the hour she has finished sewing the rectangle of fabric that will become a thick, ruff-like collar that supports the back of the model’s neck. At 5 p.m., Hays sets down her partially-finished pieces and breaks out the lint roller. A layer of white dust, the remnants of the sacrificial teddy bear, covers everything in the room. The design must be clean so it can be fitted to the model, who is soon to arrive. Hays...
...Vibeke Angelle was the next to rock the catwalk, immediately proving that Hays’s creation had been well worth the wait. The architectural ensemble, with a stiff black collar and dress, was rounded off by a gothic tattoo enticingly encircling Angelle’s neck...
...political reality. It would be politically perilous for Olmert, still enjoying the approval of no more than a quarter of Israelis, to commit himself on such hot-button issues while Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party waits to pounce on any perceived misstep. That has forced Rice to wade neck-deep into Israeli politics, meeting with two key conservative faction leaders in Olmert's coalition - Eli Yishai of the Shas Party and Avigdor Lieberman of Yisreal Beitenu, who have warned Olmert that they would bolt if he goes too far on any of the final status issues. It may be unusual...
...This was our most complete game of the season,” Caples said. “No one ever plays a perfect game but we were very solid and really stepped it up in the second half.” “It felt like it was neck-and-neck the whole time,” Berglund said. “We would step up, they would step up, and vice versa.” The Big Red struck first with an unassisted shot from the top of the circle, just over five minutes after halftime. The Crimson...