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...When Presley gave up movies in the late 60s, and hit Vegas, he reverted to balladeer form: reprising his rock hits but concentrating on the passionate crooning of songs made famous by people like Crosby ("White Christmas") and Sinatra ("My Way"), finally outing himself as rock's first - maybe last - romantic. Sequins and strutting aside, Elvis had become the singers he grew up listening to. Only fatter...
...still able to lead a normal life now that you're famous? -Cherie Snyder, Seattle In Mallorca, I can live a normal life. I go to the supermarket without signing autographs. That's because in my small village, everybody knows everybody. The people know me not because I am a tennis player but because I am a guy from [my hometown] Manacor...
...What's the best part of being famous? Having fans? Having money? Being considered sexy? -Patricia Narvaez, Atlanta The best is on the court and people applaud and cheer me on. It's a very special sensation, and I think it's the best part of being a tennis player...
...this "Death to Israel" stuff is of a piece with normal Hizballah propaganda. But what's different about the Spider Web museum as a whole is the macho, bragging tone. Hizballah was once famous for being one of the few Arab organizations that let its actions speak louder than words. The swagger shown since last summer is both a sign of newfound confidence, and of weakness. For though Hizballah may have won the war against Israel, it has not yet won the peace...
Anton Chekhov once visited Sakhalin Island to report on the condition of its prisoners and left a tagline unlikely to be adopted by the tourist bureau - if there were one: "Now I have seen Sakhalin, which is hell." And this from an author famous for understatement. Exiled at the far eastern end of the Russian Federation, just north of Japan, Sakhalin Island was where imperial Russia once sent some of its most unfortunate convicts, on a journey that was usually one-way. In Soviet times it became a closed military base; site of the notorious shooting down of Korean...