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...Hollywood figure who appreciated Hutton's talents, and who matched her drive with his, that would be Frank Loesser. As lyricist or total songwriter he authored dozens of movie hits before graduating to Broadway and composing the scores for Guys and Dolls, A Most Happy Fella and How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying. He's also the subject of a toe-tappingly terrific new bio-doc, Heart & Soul: The Life and Music of Frank Loesser. But in the '40s he was under contract to Paramount, and there he wrote many of Hutton's signature songs...
...differences are highlighted by the summit's endorsement of the Mecca Agreement under which Hamas and President Mahmoud Abbas agreed to establish a national unity government to end Palestinian infighting. In contrast to the continued U.S. insistence that Hamas be boycotted, the Saudis believe that peace negotiations can only succeed if Hamas can be drawn into the process. The Islamist movement is, after all, the democratically elected ruling party in the Palestinian Authority. "The U.S. is a prisoner of contradictions of its own making," the Arab diplomats adds. "They shouted 'democracy, democracy, democracy,' and then ended up with Hamas...
...TIME: Do you want to succeed him as party leader...
...think Jean-Marie Le Pen will again make the runoff. All the elements - and failings - that helped him succeed in 2002 are still present today in even bolder form. French voters understand the politicians who have been in power since the last election have been incapable of solving their problems...
...cold war. As a Republican, he both sharpened the party's message and broadened its appeal. He won two landslide elections and then - a unique achievement in the past hundred years - was sufficiently popular at the end of his term that his Vice President was elected to succeed...