A charismatic voice, a contradictory man
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The audience entering Cambridge's Brattle Theatre in the winter of 1951 may well have had only cursory acquaintance with the work of the Welsh poet Dylan Thomas.
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Gordon Brown, the man waiting in the shadows to become Britain's next prime minister, is something of a paradox.
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At its root, the âfeudâ between Conan OâBrien and his rivals originated with a political boast.
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The combativeness of Brian De PalmaÂs committed admirers often reveals more about the nature of cinephilic ardor than it does about the filmmaker himself.
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It would be easy to dismiss Brian Cashmanâs perch atop the Yankeesâ hierarchy on superficial grounds. But if people have listened to him lately, they have heard the assertiveness in his voice.
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HeÂs known as much for his talent, as much for his stoic refusal to talk to the press, or attend film award shows, no matter if heÂs winning one himself.
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The GOP presidential hopeful has often defied his party and colleagues to chart his own course.
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Amazing, but even in this time of goodwill and cheer, some folks are always looking for a fight. A recent exchange with a regular reader got me thinking how divisive things can get.
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Extending the hand of friendship to a man viewed as a paranoid recluse with extreme views may seem a puzzling move. It becomes even more inexplicable when to do so could earn you the disapproval of the US, a powerful enemy.
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A spectator with an especially intimate view of human evolution is beginning to tell its story and has so far divulged two quite unexpected findings.
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Tycho:  So, yes, I do like it, but there's something I don't understand.
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In one breath, Fred Thompson insists he has not yet decided whether to run for president. In the next, he sounds like a man on the cusp of a full-fledged White House bid.
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Forget the economy. The candidate has to find his voice on terrorism
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A critic and a champion review the general's Capitol Hill testimony.
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To paraphrase an old Steve Martin bit: Some politicians have a way with words; others not have way.
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To tame a strong personality, an author says, don't force it to play defense.
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PESHAWAR, Pakistan  - He talks like a hard-core  Islamist, but sounds like a lost little boy.