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...working with Labour)--more sophisticated survey techniques than were then common in Britain. "I'd say the most valuable things we've learned from the Americans are the need to respond instantly to any and all attacks and the imperative to stay 'on message,'" says Gordon Brown, Labour's shadow chancellor of the exchequer. "There's been a huge back-and-forth. It's been very productive...
...wants to be. The "queen of hip-hop soul" isn't known for upscale glamour; she earned her rep for her edge, her streetiness, her willingness to keep it real. On the cover photo of her 1992 debut album What's the 411?, her face is shrouded in shadow, gangsta-girl tough. Blige, back then, was all about combat boots and leather jackets; she could drink with the best of them, curse with the worst of them. But at a recent photo shoot in a studio in New York City, Blige traded haughtiness for haute couture--her hair...
...slick sorcerer who with one raised eyebrow can send chills down anyone's back. Without ever resorting to melodrama or slapstick comedy, Nuccio gives a performance that is as funny as it is frightening. His dry subtlety sparks laughter from almost everyone yet his mere presence casts an ominous shadow across the stage. His voice may not be as musically powerful as some of the cast's, but he has the power to enunciate and, most importantly, act, which more than makes up for his minor shortcomings as a singer. By the time he leaves the village for the eternal...
...second half of the concert consisted of Brahms' Symphony No. 3 in F Major. Throughout his life, Brahms struggled with writing symphonies. In the early stages of his career, he felt as if he wrote in the shadow of Beethoven's symphonic tradition yet was not worthy of it. Brahms' first symphony is even popularly referred to as "Beethoven's Tenth." By the time he began work on his third symphony, he had developed a style of his own that would come to represent the essence of the Romantic movement...
Modesty seems to be a common trait among male dancers--a tendency to spin from spotlight to shadow in seconds...