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...sentiment, from The Life of Emile Zola and Mrs. Miniver to Dances with Wolves and Braveheart. In 2005 the Christian right's attacks on the mercy-killing plot of Million Dollar Baby may have been the spur for the Oscars that went to the film and its star, Hilary Swank...
...Ahern, eldest daughter of Irish Taoiseach (Prime Minister) Bertie Ahern, is one of Europe's most successful chick-lit authors. Her debut novel P.S. I Love You became an international best seller when Ahern was only 23 years old. A movie version of the book, starring Oscar winners Hilary Swank and Kathy Bates, has been filmed and is due for release...
...most Rev. Peter Akinola of Nigeria was in New York City late in January making one of his increasingly frequent forays into what he once would have considered enemy territory. Only journalists from religious publications were invited to cover the occasion, at Manhattan's swank Metropolitan Club--which probably suited the Archbishop, who has become wary of the mainstream press since a December New York Times story that advisers feel wrongly portrayed him as a homophobe. But a friend of the Nigerian primate's told TIME that Akinola received a standing ovation. The actual guest of honor was a Christian...
...into a more internationally minded financial center to stay competitive. That transformation has become so successful lately that it has led to widespread speculation over whether London or New York City will become the world's supreme financial capital of the 21st century. While the n.y.s.e. and nasdaq threw swank cocktail parties during the annual gathering of the World Economic Forum in Davos, talk of London's rise among business leaders was even more intoxicating. "London's openness, to foreign capital, to trade, to immigration," has helped it forge "a tremendous set of advantages," Laura D. Tyson, a former chairman...
...year-old mother and fatally shot her. He wrapped the body in paper and set the gruesome bundle on fire. Then he knocked on neighbors' doors and, one by one, shot them as they answered. After leaving the building, Campo Elias Delgado Morales, 51, strolled to the swank Pizzeria Pozzetto restaurant, placed an order and began reading...