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Yusuf Islam: the Former Cat Stevens on His New CD
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NEAL CONAN
Talk of the Nation (NPR)
12-18-2006
Yusuf Islam: the Former Cat Stevens on His New CD
Host: NEAL CONAN
Time 15:00-16:00 PM
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NEAL CONAN, host:
This is TALK OF THE NATION. I'm Neal Conan, in Washington.
It's been so long, it's sometimes hard to remember just how big Cat Stevens was 30 years ago. "Wild World," "Peace Train," "Moonshadow," "Morning Has Broken," just a few of the hits that elevated Stevens to a special category of stardom, which made his sudden decision to walk off the stage and abandon his guitar and his fans all the more startling.
He's since explained that ...
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NOTES & THEORIES: Bling bling ker-ching! A cultural history of compressed carbon Diamond Jim Brady had a taste for personal adornment to humble Beckham
Newspaper article from: The Independent on Sunday
; ...illustrations of cut diamonds, brought...India's diamond mines. Since...and Diamond Jim Brady, a railroad...studies. Diamond Jim Brady will forever...unbreakable bond diamonds have with vulgarity. Brady was a teetotaller...a man's diamond ring ...
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'Diamond Jim' Brady.(Time Trip)
Magazine article from: Current Events, a Weekly Reader publication
; ...course dinners. Businessman "Diamond Jim" Brady (1856-1917) set the style for big eaters in the late 1800s. Brady (left) was a large man, but not...age of big eaters. For example, Brady began a typical day by drinking...
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 "Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England)")
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Football: DIAMOND BRADY SHOWS POLISH; Rushden & Diamonds ... 4 Morecambe ... 1.(ROP)
Newspaper article from: Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England)
; ...keeper Mark Smith was forced to parry a John Brady free-kick. Rushden went ahead in the...minutes later Rushden restored their lead as Brady scored the fourth of the game. Stevenage...struck the woodwork at the other end when Jim Bentley's powerful headed effort from...
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 "Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)")
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"DIAMOND JIM' AND LILLIAN: STARS OF A GILDED PAST.(SARATOGA STYLE)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
; ...for you Mr. Brady?" he said...James Buchanan "Diamond Jim" Brady had chutzpah...emeralds, coral and diamonds, above all diamonds...25 1/2 carat diamond. The "Transportation...brightest star of Brady's galaxy wasn...Russell with diamonds. He showered...Morell, ...
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DIAMOND JIM GOES TO RACES FOR A GALA.(Living Today)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
; Byline: Frances Ingraham DIAMOND GALA: The fourth annual "Diamond Jim Brady Gala" for the benefit of the Saratoga County...theme is "A Day at the Races" with Diamond Jim and Lillian Russell at the Saratoga Race Course...
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Diamond Jim piece proves a gem.
Newspaper article from: The Boston Herald
; ...Day extravaganza in Amesbury was an American, 8-foot-wide carved oak sideboard that originally belonged to Diamond Jim Brady. The piece, which features four standing carved winged griffins and lion's head carvings, sold for $8,800...
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James Brady (1928-2009) Was A "Diamond" Of A Journalist.
Newspaper article from: Media Industry Newsletter
; ...a century ago. But journalism's Jim Brady, too, hobnobbed with the rich and...wrote in her January 28 obituary of Brady, who died two days earlier, "he...fellow well-heeled Hamptonites." Brady also witnessed war, as a Marine Corps...
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Same name, different game - Patriots' QB Tom Brady left dreams behind on baseball diamond for future on gridiron.(Sports)
Newspaper article from: The Boston Herald
; ...that reason," said Pete Jensen, Brady's baseball coach at Serra High...longtime big-league manager Jim Fregosi and Serra's greatest...scholarship to play for the legendary Jim Brock at Arizona State. Brady, despite all the attention he...
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Diamonds in a Rough Puzzle
Transcript from: NPR Weekend Edition - Sunday
; ...gangster. Ms. VAIL: Diamond Jim Brady [sp] Mr. SHORTZ: Well, hold...Ms. VAIL: I'll back up to Diamond Jim Brady. Mr. SHORTZ: Bravo - 007 film. Ms. VAIL: Diamonds are Forever. Mr. SHORTZ: That...
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MURIEL BOWEN, AT 79; ON STAGE, SHINED AS `DIAMOND LIL'
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe
; ...transformed herself into "Diamond Lil," a larger-than...79, who often became Diamond Lil after a long shift...Massachusetts General Hospital. Diamond Lil never hit the big...performer was called Diamond Jim Brady, so she became Diamond...
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