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...second week at no. 1 and my album is out today," announced Lily Allen, and then giggled, which could have been a self-conscious reaction to her own bragging, or maybe she was simply tickled by the fact that things are going her way. The sweaty crowd at London's small but sophisticated Bush Hall last Monday already knew she was at the top of the charts - but cheered anyway. Even the blistering heat wave baking Britain's streets seemed timed to make Allen's summery blend of laid-back ska, pop and hip-hop seem all the more appropriate...
...Cambridge natives think Harvard students are pretentious, it’s no wonder they had such a bad reaction to David. R. Slavitt...
Bombay Blasts India presses for G-8 reaction In the wake of the train bombings, India's Prime Minister has demanded a strong G-8 response. Investigators have questioned more than 300 in a search for three suspects who may have ties to a militant Pakistani group...
...leaders "that if the acts of terrorism are not controlled, it is exceedingly difficult for any government to carry forward what may be called a normalization and peace process." Pakistan's Foreign Minister, Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri, countered such criticisms by saying, "There should not be a knee-jerk reaction that everything happening in India starts in Pakistan." But in New Delhi on Friday, protesters burned effigies of Musharraf in the streets. Bhatt, who has spent the past three years cultivating Indo-Pakistan friendship through a series of cinematic and artistic exchanges, says such protests suggest the terrorists have already succeeded...
...having brain surgery next week squeezing the melons at Whole Foods. (Unless, of course, he's squeezing them and shrieking, "Why don't you answer? Hello? Hello?") Self-indulgently, I've been dropping the conversational bomb of brain surgery more often than absolutely necessary just to enjoy the reaction. And why not? I deserve that treat. After all, I'm going to be having brain surgery...