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Cowell wasn't worried about how well his British edge would translate. "Americans have always had this image of English people as evil anyway," he says. But Mr. Nasty can be nice. When someone wows Cowell, he'll gush, "You are talent. You are a star." (His praise, like many...
BEST REF Amid the controversies of disallowed goals and phantom fouls, fans have overlooked some fine officiating. Despite being defamed by losing coaches, the World Cup referees did manage to crack down on shameless diving, giving defenders the benefit of the doubt in 50-50 situations and ignoring minor infringements...
In "Why I am a Catholic" (Houghton Mifflin; July 16), Garry Wills explains why he has chosen to remain a Catholic, despite his many doubts about Church doctrine. Kirkus is reverent, giving the book a starred review. "The prolific historian offers a timely confession of faith and an apology in...
On September 20, Dunne/St. Martin's will publish a biography of W's ma: "Barbara Bush: Matriarch of a Dynasty" by Pamela Kilian, Scripps Howard News Service editor. Says Kirkus, "Full of praise for its subject, even with many qualifications: solely for fans of the Bush dynasty."
Now comes confirmation that politics was perhaps not the line of work for which Kerrey was best suited. He could never have been as good a President as he is a writer. Kerrey's memoir of his early life, When I Was a Young Man (Harcourt; 270 pages), covers the...