Word: singings
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...thankful. I had a guy tell me that his 12-year-old daughter has a beautiful voice, but she's afraid to sing because her classmates would tease her. But by seeing me--and she looked more like me--she started singing again, saying "If Queen Latifah...
...been as moody as Hamlet, with shifting policy proposals, fickle themes and muddled attacks. Since McCain has never been a party-establishment favorite, it's surprising how little carping and ship-jumping there has been in the wake of the Republicans' abrupt poll slide. But as giddy, shrewd Democrats sing all for one and one for all, GOP second-guessing and mutiny look inevitable...
...Reel: 1. Sunil Gangopadhyay on the country's thriving sex industry: "Sex workers are creatures of the dark. They exist in every society but are kept invisible. They are to be used, but not talked about." In ancient India, "if a woman was beautiful and talented; if she could sing, dance or converse intelligently, why should she waste her skills on one man alone? Why shouldn't a number of men enjoy her company? That is why a prostitute was called barnari or barangana - meaning public woman - and the source of her earnings was her skill in some performing...
...Many of us go an entire year without ever meeting our counterparts in the flesh. Still, we grow to know their habits, whether we want to or not. As they sing in the shower or tell ribald stories, we’re part of the audience. And even though we don’t bother to learn their name or face, sometimes we can’t help but cock an ear. Once in a while, when half of a phone conversation wafts by or an argument rages on, I, for one, can’t help but pause, listen...
...Then, at the very end, the night’s performers joined on stage to sing a Beatles song that they have done at every cabaret since 1983: “Hey Jude...