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...This book constitutes the wholesale theft of 17 years of my hard work.' J.K. ROWLING, the best-selling British author of the Harry Potter series, testifying in a Manhattan federal court against plans by a U.S. publisher to bring out the Harry Potter Lexicon...
...Culture Minister Christine Albanel unveiled a series of proposals earlier this month to stimulate spending on art works by French buyers. She wants to change exisiting laws so that the sale and auction of modern art can become as simple in France as it is in booming American and British markets. She has also proposed tax breaks and no-interest loans to induce small businesses and individuals to begin investing and collecting contemporary works that many now feel are beyond their financial range. In reality, Albanel noted, the average work of modern art in France sells from...
...other female friends including J.K. Rowling hiding, giggling, behind Downing Street's formal furnishings. But as a scion of his nation's Calvinist tradition and the son of a Church of Scotland Minister, Brown grew up marinated in duty - which has perhaps contributed to the dour image the British press has long bestowed...
...extent, that was just what the British public wanted to see. Blair's closeness to Bush, and before that to Bill Clinton, never quite won him the influence he expected - Blair "massively overstated the importance of personal charisma and personal connections," says Katwala - and Britons became disenchanted with their then leader precisely because of this closeness and the sulfurous taint of the Anglo-American alliance on Iraq. Katwala maintains that Brown's businesslike approach to foreign leaders is in tune with the times. Denis MacShane, a former Labour Foreign Office Minister, echoes the point: "Brown wants respectful state-to-state...
...doesn't have to test these findings in parliamentary elections anytime soon. But there's talk in Westminster of a plot to oust Brown, and there's a swell of open hostility toward him in the British media. Last fall, he flirted with calling a snap poll to win a new mandate in his own right - a gambit that proved disastrous when he balked at holding elections in the face of an upswing in support for the Conservative opposition. Another well-polished asset, Brown's reputation for sound economic stewardship, has become ever more tarnished as Britain's economy takes...