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...tour, you hear; biggest thing since the Rolling Stones. Alas, these fossils of Jurassic Rock are the merest nostalgia items; a fan wants to see them before they break up or crack up. Madonna sets herself the sterner challenge of being forever new, pertinent, shocking. But it's tough to stay on top by spanking somebody's bottom. In her recent work, Madonna has pursued dominatrix fantasies until she may be the only one getting off on them. She is in danger of going the blond widow in Body of Evidence one desperate step further, and loving herself to death...
...opening offices in China now, and Eisenberg is moving on, putting together major deals in India and the former Soviet republic of Kazakhstan. For Eisenberg, the wheeling and dealing never stop. Like many self-made men, he puts others off with his intense focus. ''He's a very tough man,'' says another ex-employee , ''very demanding, very aggressive.'' Eisenberg has no hobbies, doesn't go to the theater, doesn't have leisurely dinners with friends. ''The only thing that interests him,'' says David Lisbona, Eisenberg's personal assistant in Israel, ''is his work. He enjoys bringing these things together -- which...
...People are starting to say that if Obama gets elected, he is really going to be tough to satirize...
Sure, times are tough for Republican incumbents all over the country, but you wouldn't want to be running Scott Garrett's congressional reelection campaign. Sure, he holds a seat in New Jersey's solidly Republican 5th district that has been GOP property for decades, and there are almost twice as many registered Republicans as Democrats in the affluent district. But who'd want to run for the party of an epically unpopular president when the opponent is a blind rabbi...
What is the best piano composition ever written? -Luis Carlos Gonzalez R., San Jose, Costa RicaThat's probably the most difficult question because there are so many great works and so many wonderful composers. To choose one piece is really tough. I prefer something with lots of emotion, with lots of colors and lots of melodies. The Russian classics. Some of Mozart and Beethoven's early works, Chopin, Liszt. They're the ones I play most often...