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...Except for a few wrinkles and a head of silvery, cotton-ball hair, Bennett doesn't look particularly old. He is, however, deeply old school. He calls Elton John a "new" artist and refers to his girlfriend as "my special lady." (That his special lady is 40 years younger upholds another show-biz tradition.) Bennett is at his most reactionary when it comes to making music. Since 1970's disastrous Tony Sings the Great Hits of Today!, which featured a Shatneresque take on Eleanor Rigby, he has clung to the great American songbook and insisted on recording with live musicians...
...follow recipes for steakhouse favorites like garlicky creamed spinach, perfectly crisp hash-brown potatoes and a sumptuous shrimp Alexander with beurre blanc. But in the end, it's all about the beef, and the book provides invaluable tips about how to select meat and cook it: all cuts except ground meat should be brought to room temperature and sprinkled lightly with seasoned salt. And, of course, when grilling, you should turn steak only once...
...Fischer case, the under-age girl and her mother could not be found to testify. But Fischer's defense attorney Bruce Griffen hints that they may appear at Fischer's sentencing on Aug. 4. "This would show that they have an intact, happy family and that, except for the absence of a legal ceremony, they are like any other couple," he says. He adds that no victim had come forward to complain - that it was "speculation" from two "disgruntled" excommunicated FLDS members and pressure from the state which resulted in Fischer's verdict...
...would be enough. Referee errors get more annoying as TV coverage matures to perfection: instant slow-motion replays from different angles show exactly whether a foul was real or faked, a hand blocked a shot from scoring or a player stood offside. Everyone can see what really happened, except the referee who has to make the call. The referee reviewing the video replay could communicate with his colleague on the field over his earphones in a matter of seconds-a short time lag to forestall crucial injustice and worldwide frustration. Nicolas Gessner Paris...
...Last week, for example, China tried to negotiate with Pyongyang independently, dispatching a Deputy Premier and assistant foreign minister to Pyongyang. "China's really trying," said Hill, who is U.S. President George W. Bush's point man on the North Korea nuclear issue. "We're trying. Everyone is trying except, unfortunately, the D.P.R.K." (North Korea officially calls itself the Democratic People's Republic of Korea...