Shawn Tavakoli reads Women\’s Wear Daily, and he\’s not ashamed to admit it. He also reads Vogue, Mademoiselle and most other beauty magazines. It isn\’t pleasure reading he\’s doing. It\’s research.
As the vote on secession comes to a head in the Nov. 5 election, business groups find themselves playing a major role in swaying voters to their side.
During New York\’s mayoral campaign, Michael Bloomberg caused a minor ruckus when he seemed to advocate school prayer.
In an off-the-cuff remark, he said that reciting the Lord\’s prayer in public school hadn\’t been a bad experience for him as a Jewish child.
But Bloomberg, who won the mayoral election Tuesday in an upset victory over Democrat Mark Green, later said school prayer was unconstitutional.
The House International Relations Committee voted overwhelmingly in favor of a bill this week that would continue to restrict foreign access to Iranian and Libyan oil resources as punishment for those countries\’ support of terrorism.
At age 5, long before he began writing satirical pop songs and Oscar-nominated film soundtracks, Randy Newman trekked down to the sound stage at 20th Century Fox to watch his Uncle Al conduct the studio orchestra. Uncle Alfred was only 5-feet-4, but the Newman family patriarch seemed larger than life as he conducted his intensely dramatic score from \”All About Eve.\”
\”We\’re winding up our operations and terminating our relationship with the U.S. government,\” said Joseph DeSutter, executive director of the Washington-based organization. \”For all intents and purposes, we\’re out of business.\”
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