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...President Robert Mugabe lost a nation-wide referendum on constitutional reform. The defeat was a thinly veiled criticism of Mugabe’s leadership and a revolt against a proviso which would have indefinitely extended his rule. Mugabe’s response was vicious. He intimidated opposition and stacked parliament and the courts with his supporters, doubled the police force, formed academies to militarize youth, and encouraged renegade gangs to enforce his policies...
...Monday, Pellicano bribed the cops to uncover information on Shandling, Nealon, actress Darcy LaPier, former New York Times Hollywood reporter Bernard Weinraub, and Creative Artists Agency executives Kevin Huvane and Bryan Lourd, among others. In addition, Pellicano and his associates allegedly wiretapped the phones of Stallone, real estate mogul Robert Maguire, Herbalife co-founder Mark Hughes, Scary Movie executive producer Bo Zenga, Deadwood actor Keith Carradine, Farrah Fawcett Majors ex-boyfriend James Orr, and former Los Angeles Times reporter Anita Busch...
...council outlined a plan to evaluate the performance of its city manager, Robert W. Healy, whose contract is set to expire this summer. It is likely to negotiate another term with him, according to a council member...
...Robert May wouldn't cut it as a celebrity chef. His recipes are tortuous to follow, his ingredients are obscure, and he's never available for interview. Yet May is a role model for one of Britain's best-known heroes of the hob, multi-Michelin-starred Heston Blumenthal. May's The Accomplisht Cook, published in 1660, is one of the sources that Blumenthal draws upon to re-create historic dishes. These will be featured at his latest venture, the Hind's Head Hotel, a 17th century public house with an oak-paneled dining room, 49 km west of London...
...Global Values 101” has “a feel of spontaneity, intimacy, open-hearted quality...human quality that I like very much,” Palmer said. “It’s more interesting to read a conversation between Robert Reich and 600 students than to read one of Reich’s books...