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When Elena Orru turned 100 in July, she got the obligatory birthday cake, a salute from the mayor and write-ups in the local press. Orru, who had just broken her hip, also received a bedside visit and a red rose from the village elder. No one knows better than Giovanni Frau, 111, that passing the century mark is reason to celebrate. But these two most senior of citizens also know that starting your second century in Orroli--a small town in the parched interior of the Italian island of Sardinia--isn't all that unusual. When Frau hit triple...
...declaration of intent to consumers, while Up!'s 18 other tracks back her claim with the kind of energy that reminds you how much fun the genre can be. If there's a weakness, it's that Twain is too busy standing everywhere to stand anywhere. Only she could write a song, Juanita, about the independent goddess raging inside all women, include a line like "When someone tries to take away the freedom of your choice" and insist that it never occurred to her that it might be interpreted as a reference to abortion. "I wouldn't even know what...
...situation and performing at your best--that's being a professional," she says later of her battle with Jeremy's howl. "It was an obstacle, and I overcame it." Twain speaks in formal, syllogistic sentences, especially when the subject is her job. "I am a commercial singer. When I write a song, I'm thinking about the people who are going to be listening to it. The whole process is done with that in mind. I hear other singers say, 'What I do is artistic, and I do it for myself.' I don't get that. If you're making...
...harder to countenance the dropping of bombs on Afghans or Iraqis. Clearly there are times when these things are necessary, but we live in an age when we rush into them too lightly. Which other travel writers do you admire? Writers like Paul Theroux and Jonathan Raban, who can write great descriptive passages. Raban has described the Mississippi River over and over, and every image is just exquisite. I wish I could do that. What are the advantages of being a foreigner? When I'm in England and things are going well I can step forward and join...
...Best Friends With all the subtlety of a jackhammer, the U.S. and its allies mounted a charm offensive on Muslims ahead of a possible war in Iraq. Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz traveled to Turkey to secure support for an attack on Saddam Hussein's regime, offering to write off at least $6 billion of military debt and an undisclosed amount of other aid in return. Then, even as British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw arrived for talks on Ankara's application to join the European Union, Wolfowitz said it would be "unthinkable" for the E.U. to exclude Turkey - music...