Word: papas
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...starts with a gentle acoustic strum, gains steam on the backs of evocative nouns (blood, stone, bone) and peaks with a harmonica solo. It's nothing new, which is to say, it's very good. Martha Wainwright Bloody Mother f******* A****** The dry, ecstatic voice is a legacy of papa Loudon and mama Kate McGarrigle, but the talent for profanity is all her own. This roar of a song is further proof that a girl and a guitar can be just as menacing as a guy and a gun. Mei-Lwun Sweet Home Country Grammar Mash-ups - the marriage...
...child of a loving couple (Alessio Boni and Michela Cescon) who run a factory that employs mostly immigrants from Africa and Eastern Europe. One night, on a yacht excursion with his dad and uncle, Sandro falls overboard and, when his absence isn't noticed, prepares to die. He calls "Papa!" for help, whispers "Mama!" as a prayer. He bequeaths his worldly goods -"except for The Lord of the Rings" -to a girl he has a crush on at school. Then he sinks ... and is rescued by Radu (Vlad Alexandru Toma), a young Romanian from the refugee boat. The two smugglers...
...cupboard is full again. Unlike when the virtually unknown Papa Wojtyla was elected 26 years ago, the 78-year-old German has been a major public presence here for more than two decades. And the Romans, and Italians more generally, will be the first to gauge how "Cardinale Ratzinger" will evolve into "Il Papa." His predecessor, who was the first non-Italian pope in 455 years, won over many hearts the very first evening he spoke to the Piazza: "I will speak in your, OUR language," he toned to the faithful below. "And when I make a mistake, you will...
...last time Haitian voters participated in a national referendum was in 1971, when Jean-Claude ("Baby Doc") Duvalier was confirmed as the successor to his much feared father, Dictator Francois ("Papa Doc") Duvalier. Last week Baby Doc was back with a referendum intended to satisfy the U.S. that Haiti is moving toward democracy. Mindful of possible restrictions on $54 million in U.S. aid, Duvalier instituted a constitutional change to permit the existence of political parties, but only if the parties submitted to the government the names and addresses of at least 18,000 supporters. The referendum also asked voters...
...ecstatic voice is a legacy of papa Loudon and mama Kate McGarrigle, but the talent for profanity is all her own. This roar of a song is further proof that a girl and a guitar can be just as menacing...