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...DIED. WEE KIM WEE, 89, well-loved Singaporean statesman who as President from 1985 to 1993 used his common touch to increase the accessibility of the office; in Singapore. A former journalist who scored an international exclusive with an interview of then General Suharto following Indonesia's bloody coup of 1966, Wee went into politics in 1973 and served as high commissioner to Malaysia and ambassador to South Korea and Japan before being tapped to become the city-state's fourth President. Wee "took to diplomacy like a duck to water," said Deputy Prime Minister Shanmugam Jayakumar, and was eulogized...
...final understated touch is Daniel's singing. Most of the songs appear to be about love, or a lack of it, although his lyrics are pretty vague. ("I'm looking through you/ You know who you are," he offers on My Mathematical Mind.) When something as generic as "I got a feelin' it didn't come free/ I got a feelin' and then it got to me" floats by, you might wonder a bit about his depth, but in Daniel's dry croak, generalities and absurdities seem to take on meaning. He sounds a bit like Paul Westerberg, but Daniel...
...Swift Boat ads against John Kerry. (She noted that the Democrats deserved them for not opposing independent 527 groups.) Even after the correspondents' dinner, the First Lady waxed serious, testifying to what a joy her husband is. All that remained was for Bush to provide the final touch, noting a few days later in a malapropism so goofy it may just have been intended: "My wife has become quite a one-liner." --With reporting by John F. Dickerson/ Washington
...like the bears here,” he says. “It gives a little softer touch...
Corey M. Rennell ’07 and his friends hired two strippers as a Christmas present for his proctor, 60 or so friends, and some football team buddies. When one of his friends did touch a breast or two, it was “awkwardly,” says Rennell, who is also a Crimson editor. “We were actually a little worried that they had diseases...