June 6, 2012 Tags: AFRICAN Americans -- Study & teaching, BLACKS -- Study & teaching, RACISM, SOCIOLOGY
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The article presents a review for the film “Bel Ami” starring Robert Pattinson, Uma Thurman, and Christina Ricci.
Read MoreJune 6, 2012 Tags: MOTION pictures -- Reviews
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The article presents the penthouse apartment of the American fashion designer Tommy Hilfiger and his wife Dee, located in New York City’s Plaza Hotel. Topics include the couple’s decorating tastes, their son Sebastian’s room which was painted by Hilary Knight, illustrator of the book “Eloise,” and Hilfiger’s art collection. Photographs of Sebastian’s room, the dining room, and the library are presented.
Read MoreJune 6, 2012 Tags: CELEBRITIES -- Homes & haunts, FASHION designers, PENTHOUSES, PRIVATE art collections
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The article presents comments by actress Angie Harmon as of June 11, 2012 on topics including chatting with her daughters through the online service Skype, her most recent homemade meal, and the television show “The Deadliest Catch.”
Read MoreJune 6, 2012 Tags: CELEBRITIES
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The author criticizes the administration of U.S. Barack Obama for disclosing details about classified operations, such as drone strikes in Pakistan or the deployment of the Stuxnet computer worm. He believes media coverage of such efforts aims in part to burnish Obama’s reputation. He is particularly struck by the fact that Obama first acknowledged the drone program in Pakistan during an online chat.
Read MoreJune 6, 2012 Tags: AERIAL bombing, COMPUTER worms, DISCLOSURE of information, DRONE aircraft
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An interview is presented with paraplegic model Angela Rockwell, who discusses her television show “Push Girls,” her career as a model, and her marriage to estranged husband actor Dustin Nguyen.
Read MoreJune 6, 2012 Tags: INTERVIEWS, PARAPLEGICS
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The article discusses why U.S. Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is poised to give President Barack Obama a stern challenge in the November, 2012 election. In the author’s view, blacks and young voters will not support Obama in the same numbers that they did in 2008. He also believes the lack of a strong economic recovery in the U.S. will aid Romney.
Read MoreJune 6, 2012 Tags: PRESIDENTS -- United StatesELECTIONUNITED States -- Economic conditions -- 2009-
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The article reports on veterinarian and former child actress Danielle Spencer-Fields’ diagnosis of spinal stenosis and her struggle to overcome paralysis in her legs.
Read MoreJune 6, 2012 Tags: SPINAL canal -- Stenosis
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WASHINGTON — The ad is the work of two of the most fearsome players in Republican politics: Larry McCarthy, the producer behind the infamous Willie Horton commercial in 1988, and Crossroads GPS, the political battle squad founded by Karl Rove. When it makes its debut Wednesday in 10 swing states as the centerpiece of a $25 million campaign, it is expected to become one of the most heavily broadcast political commercials of this phase of the general election. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Read MoreJune 6, 2012 Tags: POLITICAL campaigns, TELEVISION commercials
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In perhaps the least surprising development of the off-season, which started too early for Orlando, the Magic announced Monday that Coach Stan Van Gundy had been fired and that General Manager Otis Smith and the team had agreed on a breakup. Van Gundy’s departure was all but assured in April when he told a gathering of reporters that center Dwight Howard had asked the team’s management to fire him. It was the most surreal day in a season full of them, courtesy of the season-long melodrama over whether Howard would be traded or re-sign with the franchise. Howard first demanded a trade, and then later said he was committed to the franchise for the long haul. In the end, Howard’s season was lost to a back injury, and the entire franchise seemed in need of therapy. The Magic lost to the Pacers in the first round of the playoffs in five games. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Read MoreJune 6, 2012 Tags: BACK, BASKETBALL playoffs, BASKETBALL teams, WINNING & losing (Contests & competitions), WOUNDS & injuries
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