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Geely, Ford Sign Volvo Deal BY MATTHEW DOLAN AND NORIHIKO SHIROUZ, March 28, 2010(view article) China’s Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Co. bought Volvo cars from Ford Motor Co. on Sunday for $1.8 billion, a landmark agreement designed to elevate the Chinese company’s profile onto the global automotive stage. Geely’s acquisition of Volvo offers the latest [...]

From the article:  Jamie Oliver, like me, is finding out what Americans think of pushy Brits by Toby Young, The Observer, Sunday 28 March 2010 (view article) Brits who have made it in America… Simon Cowell The Americans are so enamoured of Cowell’s withering putdowns on Fox’s American Idol that last year he became the [...]

Elle magazine breaks fashion’s last taboo: plus-size models on the cover Elle magazine’s special edition featuring models with fuller figures reflects the expanding waistlines of the country’s women. Tracy McVeigh, The Observer, Sunday 28 March 2010(View article) It has featured naked women on the cover and even actresses without makeup. But now a leading fashion [...]

JEAN-CLAUDE SINGBATILE, a high school student in Congo, describing people bludgeoned to death by the rebels who kidnapped him and hundreds of others. Did you like this? Share it:Tweet

Mark Twain died at age 74 on April 21, 1910. 1869 – when his first book, “The Innocents Abroad,” was greeted with national acclaim. William Dean Howells called Twain “The Lincoln of Our Literature.” Mark Twain’s daughter Susy had died of meningitis in 1896. His wife, Livy, died in 1903. He never really recovered from [...]

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At College Admission Time, Lessons in Thin Envelopes Sue Shellenbarger, WSJ, 24 March 2010 (view article) Few events arouse more teenage angst than the springtime arrival of college rejection letters. With next fall’s college freshman class expected to approach a record 2.9 million students, hundreds of thousands of applicants will soon be receiving the dreaded [...]

Elizabeth Bernstein, WSJ MARCH 23, 2010 (view article) Linda Lajterman suffered one of the worst experiences of her life while on a cruise with her husband and two other couples. Halfway through the trip, one of her friends stopped talking to her—for good. Ms. Lajterman says she has no idea what prompted the woman, who [...]

Prog-rock band take record label to court for allegedly breaking terms of contract regarding individual track sales. Sean Michaels, guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 10 March 2010 10.17 GMT (view article) Pink Floyd are suing their record label EMI, claiming that it has no right to sell their songs except as part of full albums. According to a [...]

Rapsody – Prince Igor (full length) You’d have to be patient for the first 1.50 minutes though before they really start getting into the song – Warren and Sissel from the Album “Rapsody Overture” 1997 Mercury Did you like this? Share it:Tweet