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...returned to their front-row seats, near their grandparents. There was no repeat of Paris's touching moment at the memorial when she tearfully addressed the crowd, calling Jackson "the best father I could imagine"; during Thursday's ceremony, the children stayed silent. "But they were very composed and strong and would have made their father proud," says the guest. (See TIME's tribute to Michael Jackson and coverage of the events surrounding his death...
...work may seem like a rose-colored, almost sappy celebration of her life, Kempner manages to keep the film from drowning in sentiment. True, it never tackles certain contradictions of Berg’s life and career, including how a woman who was in many ways the personification of strong female leadership won her success by embodying the traditional mother and housewife. Yet, a subject as fascinating and as overlooked as Gertrude Berg all but begs Kempner and her audience to indulge in this almost uniformly positive portrayal. It’s difficult to find fault with a woman...
...miserable candidate. He is wooden, he is stiff, he can't improvise. His image is that he is not a very decisive leader, somebody who's not so charismatic, not so strong-willed." - Jeff Kingston, Temple University Director of Asian Studies...
...sure if Mr. Hatoyama can be a strong leader. But let's give him a chance, and we'll see how he does." - Tomio Ogura, a 72-year-old Japanese retiree...
...what I meant by 'national interests,' " Justice Secretary Jack Straw wrote in February 2008, during an exchange of letters about al-Megrahi with Scotland's First Minister, Alex Salmond. "Developing a strong relationship with Libya, and helping it to reintegrate into the international community, is good for the U.K." He added, "Libya is one of only two countries to have ever voluntarily and transparently dismantled its weapons of mass destruction program. Having sponsored terrorist attacks in the past, it is now an important partner in the fight against terrorism." (Read "Lockerbie Bomber Returns to Cheers in Libya...