Word: songfulness
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...assuredly the only Republican ever to reference the Keanu Reeves movie Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure in a convention speech. And he is definitely the only one who can pull off rewriting the lyrics to "Cocaine," Eric Clapton's hit homage to drug abuse, into a campaign theme song called "McCain...
...This is not going to get a Grammy," says Huckabee, the second-place finisher in the Republican primaries, after playing the song at an after-hours convention party with his band Capitol Offense on Tuesday...
...erupted between the PAD and a counterprotest group, Samak declared a state of emergency. The decree didn't deter many in the antigovernment camp. "When the party is over, we are ready to fight," vowed Jantana Klinchan, a sandwich vendor from Saraburi province, as she swayed to a folk song calling for political change. "We are not scared to defend ourselves...
...wing, the Umkhonto we Sizwe, blew up parts of Sasol's plants in Sasolburg and Secunda, both south of Johannesburg. In 1983, '84 and '85, the rebels returned to launch rocket attacks on the plants. (The rockets missed, but the attacks are commemorated to this day in an ANC song whose chorus goes, "Whoosh! Whoosh...
...Government House, who accuse Samak of acting as a proxy for former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who was deposed in a 2006 military coup and now faces corruption charges. "We are ready to fight," vowed Jantana Klinchan, a sandwich vendor from central Thailand, as she swayed to a folk song calling for political change. "We are not scared to defend ourselves." That kind of brinksmanship may be just what the PAD wants. Its leaders decry the electoral system in Thailand, alleging that vote-buying in poor rural areas largely discredits any poll results. (Indeed, Samak's People Power Party...