Word: vips
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...government was formed, only smiling briefly to each other when former IRA bomber Gerry Kelly was nominated to join the new administration. Brian Keenan, Bobby Storey and Brian Gillen were once denounced as IRA terrorists by Peter Robinson, another member of the new government; now they sat in the VIP section of the viewing gallery, well within reach of a British prime minister who would once have been considered the ultimate IRA target...
...Christ the Savior to pay their last respects. The Orthodox Christian funeral was the first such for a Russian leader in the last 113 years. And there were full military honors, President Vladimir Putin solemnly walking behind the gun carriage bearing the coffin, and the artillery salute at the VIP Novodevichye cemetery, while the nation observed an official period of mourning, albeit truncated to a single...
...hearts in order,” stressed another panelist, Estela Ortiz-Aguilu, the director of the Ballet Folklorico Areyto de Puerto Rico. “Every Puerto Rican has to know the culture, love it, and be proud.” On Friday night, the caucus held a VIP Networking Reception at the MIT Faculty Club, where students met with recruiters from businesses such as Pfizer and Merck. The conference was the product of months of planning by the caucus. Acosta, Martinez, and the caucus were recognized by the Boston City Council for their efforts...
Afterward, burn off the calories at one of the many high-octane after-hours spots. A brilliant conversion of a 1930s warehouse, mk-2, http://mk-2.de, is a cutting-edge lounge cum discothèque with a roster of topnotch resident DJs and a dedicated thirtysomething VIP clientele. Over at 3001, www.d-3001.de, five areas, including a massive dance floor, keep the in-crowd contented, while Harpune, www.harpune.com, features a heady mix of deep house and trance refrains for its blissed-out masses...
...consider “Shock Value” a solo album, since only one of the 17 songs finds Timbaland alone. The meat of the album lies in duets, and his friends’ back-up is served family-style. An enumeration of his collaborators sounds more like a VIP list at the Ivy: Nelly Furtado, Justin Timberlake, Dr. Dre, Missy Elliot, 50 Cent, The Hives, Fall Out Boy, She Wants Revenge, and even Elton John all pitch in. And that’s just naming a few. Whereas the supporting cast and his beats are both more than listenable...