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Saturday, May 18 2013
Empty Assertions
SOMETIMES they have to lie. As the British death toll in Afghanistan rises past 400, every news item tells of reverses, mistakes and a desperation to withdraw. Someone has to hold the line. Those whose job is to fight and possibly die for their country need to believe they do so ...
IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH
ONE way in which Americans have always been exceptional has been in our support for education. First we took the lead in universal primary education; then the "high school movement" made us the first nation to embrace widespread secondary education. And after World War II, public support...
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Martha Marcy May brings Elizabeth Olsen luxury of choice

ONE year ago Elizabeth Olsen stepped out of the shadows of her famous sisters, Mary- Kate and Ashley, to star in the title role of drama Martha Marcy May Marlene, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival.

Westwood, Paul Smith show ladylike fashion in London
CONFIDENT, sexy women with an eye for chic but comfortable clothes were the target audience of catwalk shows by British designers Vivienne Westwood and Paul Smith at London Fashion Week recently. Presenting her Red Label under giant crystal chandeliers, marble pillars and gilded mirrors in an east London hall, Westwood simplified her signature draped dresses to create feminine and eminently wearable dresses in purples and greys. There were capes, bow-front blouses, flared skirts and cardigans in muted colours and her favoured tartan prints, interspersed with flashes of colour from orange tights, a green trilby hat with a bow...
Housewives´ creator denies anger at Sheridan
ANGER didn´t factor into the decision to kill off Nicollette Sheridan´s role on Desperate Housewives, despite her complaints that her boss hit her on the set, the show´s creator testified on Thursday. Marc Cherry concluded his testimony in the actress´ wrongful termination case by denying claims from Sheridan´s attorneys that he tried to influence the statements of other employees on the show to fit his version of the dispute. A longtime executive producer on the show corroborated with Cherry´s version, saying he learned that Sheridan´s role would be eliminated months before the September 2008 dispute. Cherry and other witnesses have said approval to kill off...
Kareena Kapoor Bollywood´s highest paid actress
NUMEROuno actress Kareena Kapoor recently emerged Bollywood´s ´Most Profitable Actress´ at the Business Awards. In the list of highest paid actresses in tinsel town, this lady wears the crown! If reports are anything to go by, the actress was paid close to Rs 8 crore for Madhur Bhandarkar´s - Heroine, the highest that has ever been paid to any leading lady in the history of Bollywood. Says Madhur Bhandarkar, "Working with Kareena is like a dream come true. She was always my first choice.´´ Standing tall amidst an industry ruled by the leading men, Kareena Kapoor who was recently immortalised in wax at the prestigious Madame Tussauds Wax Museum...

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