Word: whirlwind
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...even though Bruni's singing career was well established prior to her whirlwind romance and marriage to Sarkozy last February, her pursuit of it as a President's wife is a major topic of debate. Elysee officials have made no secret that they believe the "Carla Factor" helped Sarkozy bounce back from slumping approval ratings this spring. And with Sarkozy's popularity back under 30% in recent polls, op-ed columns have been abuzz with complaint that Bruni's renewed media presence tied to her CD is being exploited by the Elysee in the hopes of producing another lift...
...British expert Juliet Bareau-Wilson, who had also helped with the painting's restoration, reaped the whirlwind when she told an interviewer that "The Colossus was not Goya's work. "We were attacked by the press," says Mena, "by academics defending traditional interpretations, by nationalists for whom Goya was Spain's somber bullfighter, by political liberals for whom Goya was a revolutionary who stood against Napoleon. I understood something of what religious persecution is like...
...target had been her sister, Alison Ponting, a producer at the BBC World Service. Alison was married to a chubby Armenian charmer, Gacic Ter-Oganisyan, whom she had met while studying Russian at university. But the marriage triggered a chain of improbable events which eight years later unleashed the whirlwind of death, imperialism, civil war, oil, gangsterism and nationalist struggle that is otherwise known as the North Caucasus upon sleepy Woking...
...tent. Half-naked men anxiously sashay through racks of designer clothing as scantily-clad women strap on cheetah-print loincloths and high heels. “The belly dancers are about to start!” someone with a clipboard and an earpiece shouts. In the midst of this whirlwind of hairspray, pomade, and styling gel, Alford stands calm. “I just think all my friends are out there supporting me and I want to put on a good show for them,” she says. An attendant, who has mistakenly pegged me as Alford?...
...excitement got to McDonagh, too, and he's looking forward to making another movie. But not yet. "Everything's been a whirlwind since my first play, and I haven't had time to step back and analyze that," he says. "I just need some quiet time to write, hang out and grow up." And to hone that twisted sense of humor. "I'd actually like to try a romantic comedy," he says with a grin. "A different kind. One with dead kids in it." Odds are, he's only half joking...