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...they promote membership not as a blessing but as protection against getting swallowed up by a revanchist Russia, or as an obligatory move for a tiny country with a population of less than 1.5 million. Igor Gräzin, a prominent euroskeptic law professor, strikes a chord with his puckish comparison between the E.U. and the U.S.S.R. "The parallels are perfect," he says. "The only difference is that the Soviets rewarded you if you overproduced, the E.U. if you underproduce." The Estonian Director of the Office of European Integration, Henrik Hololei, understands why some people object. "It's interesting that...
...needs to be tightened. And now that it is, Paul can make terrific music, recalling his '50s hits with vocalist Mary Ford as well as his earlier and later jazz and country work. He plays 'Rainbow' largo, insinuating a delicate, wistful mood, then pricking it with a couple of puckish allusions to late-'50s guitar hits inspired by him: the monster chords of Link Wray's 'Rumble,' the seductive electronic weeping in Santo and Johnny's 'Sleep Walk.' Paul's fingers warm over the strings, coaxing, then hypnotizing them. The old master still has that supple touch...
...lifelong Democrat, Bloomberg saw he would never get the party's nod and switched eight months ago to the anemic New York G.O.P. He is hoping that his puckish smile, fabulous parties and high-wire life (he owns homes in Manhattan, London, Bermuda and Westchester County, flies his own helicopter and has dated women like Diana Ross) will outshine a Democratic field littered with smart but lackluster pols. And Bloomberg has proved that his dollars come with sense, hiring an A-list team of political veterans to finesse his policies and produce his image...
...Rather go Rome than gnome? One firm has modeled its puckish ornaments on Russell Crowe in his gladiator outfit...
...which sounds like good news for Cheney. "I very much enjoy my job, am having a very good time--don't consider it stressful," he told reporters last week, less than 24 hours after he was released from the hospital. And clearly Cheney's puckish sense of humor has suffered no blockage. "The stress level is a lot tougher when you're doing something you don't like, like being a reporter...