Word: roughness
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...people who know Brown best doubt that he'll ever metamorphose into the kind of confessional charmer the public would like enough to stand a round of drinks at their local pub. Some of his supporters pray he won't try, perceiving in his rough-diamond personality a much-needed antidote to the mounting public cynicism that has blighted Blair's final years. Morris, for one, hopes for an era of "politics done differently. If Labour has had a failure since 1997, it's that we've let that trust and openness with the public go." Brown himself suggests...
...their rearview mirrors and Bratz dolls and Britney up ahead. It goes hand in hand with a vast genre of empowered-princess books (Princess Smartypants, The Princess Knight) for parents who'd rather their daughters dream of soccer balls than royal balls. As for the boys? Jocks have a rough time of it (a handsome prince is the villain of Shrek the Third and the buffoon in N'Ever After), supplanted by gangly emo types--fairyland Adam Brodys. "Charming" is redefined rather than repealed--Justin Timberlake voices Third's cute-boy hero Arthur--but at least that's some progress...
...long," warned Freddie Roach, De La Hoya's trainer. But it was not to be. De La Hoya had been the aggressor throughout the tactically riveting fight, but he only landed 21 percent of his punches. In a split decision the victory went to Mayweather. "He was rough and tough, but he couldn't beat the best," said Mayweather, who landed 43 percent of his blows. "I could see the shots coming. I fought the best fighter in my era tonight and I beat...
...industry. IFF is Pepsi to Givaudan's Coke, and the two firms account for about 30% of the $18 billion global market for flavors and fragrances. Givaudan lurched ahead this spring by buying Quest, which had been the market's fifth leading player. IFF is coming out of a rough spell, with three different CEOs since 1999. "There has been a lot of turmoil at the top," says John Leffingwell, president of Leffingwell & Associates, an industry consulting firm. "But for the first time in years, things seem to be turning around." And the smell of competition...
...black girls. We are rappers that have these songs coming from our minds and our souls that are relevant to what we feel. I will not let them mutha—as say we in the same league as him.” Snoop may be a little rough around the edges but he has a point: The same utterance is qualitatively different when it comes out of Snoop Dogg’s mouth than when it comes out of Don Imus’ in part because Snoop is African-American and Imus isn?...