Word: requesting
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...cloyingly so: many fine restaurants in the Boston area and far beyond would do well to copy the example of UpStairs on the Square. It was refreshing at last when enjoying a fancy meal to trade in the ubiquitous Hugo Boss-clad pretty boys who snarl at every request in favor of a shockingly old-fashioned staff, keen to accommodate the customer...
...hard Justin Timberlake fans should abandon any plot to finagle their way onto the set of Total Request Live. Last month, on my way up to MTV studios on the 23rd floor of the Viacom building in Times Square, I had my ID checked four separate times. I can’t blame them—my MTV screen test was at 1:30 p.m., the precise time when hoards of screaming teenagers crowd the street below the studios, offering anything and everything to snag a seat on Carson Daly’s countdown show...
When Hollywood calls--Kate Winslet, Cate Blanchett and Cameron Diaz have worn his clothes--McQueen can provide glamour on request. Recently his creations have revealed great sensitivity to the feel and fall of fabric. The word pretty could even be used--but not to his face. Although McQueen now has his first fragrance and even a property portfolio, don't expect this uncompromising frontiersman to go soft. --By Marion Hume...
...pitting the U.S. against the world, or just part of the usual diplomatic sparring and face-saving before a global coalition sets off for Baghdad? Both France and Germany raised sharp and public objections to Bush's rush toward war, then showed their Euro-muscle by tabling a U.S. request for nato military assistance. In advance of this week's scheduled report on weapons inspections to the U.N. Security Council, powerful members were laying down markers for a contentious debate on whether and when to authorize a fight. France hinted at a veto. President Vladimir Putin called Bush to warn...
...noted that none of the men arrested revealed any information about his companions. - By Jeff Israely/Naples Not Above the Law Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi lashed out at the judiciary on TV, accusing it of meddling in politics. His broadcast followed a decision by the Supreme Court to reject his request to move his corruption trial to Brescia from Milan, where he said judges were biased against him. The decision means that his trial, for allegedly bribing a judge during a corporate takeover battle in 1986, could end as early as this summer, just as Italy takes over the presidency...