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Ruth Brown delivers the rhythm & blues of Billie Holiday
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New York Amsterdam News
11-11-1998
Ruth Brown delivers the rhythm & blues of Billie Holiday
Recreating the music of icon Billie Holiday is not an easy feat. "There is only one one-of-a-kind pyramid," declared pianist Randy Weston, describing Holiday's musical uniqueness. But several audacious singers make the effort to sing like Holiday.
One example was Motown's recording artist Diana Ross. The pop diva made an ambitious attempt in the movie, "Lady...
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The `Lady' sings of Holiday's legacy.(Arts and Lifestyle)
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; Byline: THEODORE BALE The legendary jazz singer Billie Holiday died a tragic death in 1959, fighting heroin withdrawal and heart disease in a lonely New York hospital room. But she's hardly been forgotten. And on Wednesday, New York choreographer Ronald K. Brown and his company, Evidence, will pay
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Brown abandons holiday plans to tackle foot-and-mouth crisis
The Scotsman
; GORDON Brown has cancelled his holiday plans to deal with foot- and-mouth disease. The Prime Minister enjoyed the sunshine in Dorset for just over four hours last Friday before heading back to work to deal with the latest crisis. But while Mr Brown shelved all hope of returning to the south coast,
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Here are a few items for Gordon Brown to put on his holiday 'to do' list...
The Independent - London
; ... theoretical because some of Brown's allies fear that taking a holiday in England means that he will spend much of his time watching Sky News. If he wants to do a bit of work, he should switch off the TV and write that "to do" list instead. Some of the big issues looming ...
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Gordon Bean's holiday; Gordon's getaway: The Prime Minister starts his summer holiday with an official visit to a sailing academy Bean there, done that: Rowan Atkinson in movie mode.
The Daily Mail (London, England)
; Byline: Kirsty Walker HIS holiday plans may have been designed to show that he's just like MrAverage. But yesterday Gordon Brown looked more like Mr Bean. The Prime Minister chose a brown jacket, blue shirt and dark trousers to beginhis summer break on the south coast. Some couldn't help comparing
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Gordon Bean's holiday; Bean there, done that: Rowan Atkinson in movie mode Gordon's getaway: The Prime Minister starts his summer holiday with an official visit to a sailing academy.
The Daily Mail (London, England)
; Byline: Kirsty Walker HIS holiday plans may have been designed to show that he's just like MrAverage. But yesterday Gordon Brown looked more like Mr Bean. The Prime Minister chose a brown jacket, blue shirt and dark trousers to beginhis summer break on the south coast. Some couldn't help comparing
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What Gordon Brown needs is a soothing holiday beside a Dulwich birdbath
The Spectator
; ... him as far as Hong Kong. He is caught up in a hectic round of news-making, some genuine, some factitious. He had trouble this month ... amid muttered complaints about breaches of trust. Mr Brown's news managers have been no help. Conspiracy theorists say that Mr ...
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 "The Economist (US)")
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Why Gordon needs a holiday; Bagehot.(Why the chancellor should become foreign secretary)(Gordon Brown)
The Economist (US)
; A sensible way of ending the Blair-Brown feud WHEN Douglas Jay, a trade minister in the 1960s, went to the Continent he always took sandwiches with him; and although nobody suspects Gordon Brown of quite such a level of hostility to foreign parts, the chancellor's reluctance to leave home (except
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Brown should have taken that seaside holiday Crisis or not, it would do his image no harm to spend time with his family
The Scotsman
; SO GORDON Brown has abandoned his bucket-and-spade hols on what is optimistically called the English Riviera to single-handedly eradicate the foot-and-mouth crisis. Well done, Gordo - you have taken on the terrorists, foiled the floods and are now on hand to fight foot-and-mouth. Where are the
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 "Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland)")
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WHO THE HELL IS RUNNING HOLIDAY BRITAIN?; BLAIR ... in Tuscan villa PRESCOTT ... in Cyprus BROWN ... on honeymoon COOK.(News)
Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland)
; ... Robin Cook as the next in line. The good news is he is at least in the country. However ... Scotland is a bit of a mixed bag. The good news is Donald Dewar will be back chairing his ... destination was Mauritius. The worrying news is that Wallace is now back from his vacation ...
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Brown's summer holiday was only four hours long.
The Daily Mail (London, England)
; Byline: James Chapman HIS predecessor favoured several weeks relaxing in the Caribbean,preferably as the nonpaying guest of a rich and famous friend. But, in another break with Tony Blair's style of leadership, Gordon Brown haslimited his first summer holiday as Prime Minister to just four hours.
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