Hints and tips:
...I sang Donna Summer and The Spinners into my hair brush and got to practice my dance moves by watching Soul Train on TV (I’m still a HUGE Philadelphia sound fan....
...US national editor Edward Luce, writing in today’s Swamp Notes newsletter, puts the blame firmly on the government: “We are witnessing the biggest governance failure in modern US history,” he says....
...It is barely even fighting it, writes Edward Luce in the latest Swamp Notes. His prediction for the coming months? More of the same due to a lack of serious national leadership....
...But, as Edward Luce points out in a column, other data suggest a different trajectory: American unemployment is at a 50-year low and wage rates are picking up....
...… Blain|Di Donna, the secondary market gallery established by Harry Blain and ex-Sotheby’s Emmanuel Di Donna, is opening in New York in the swanky Upper East Side surroundings of the Carlyle Hotel....
...Possible replacements include Howard Dean, the former governor of Vermont, and Donna Shalala, who was Bill Clinton’s health secretary....
...“If this election were taking place next Tuesday then I would be predicting an Obama victory,” said Donna Brazile, campaign manager for Al Gore’s 2000 presidential bid....
...Donna Brazile, a senior Democratic official who was the first black woman to manage a Democratic campaign, for Al Gore in 2000, argues that the Obama-Wright issue is more likely to surface in an election...
...Mr Bush announced that Mr Dole would lead the nine-member commission with Donna Shalala, a Democratic former secretary for Health and Human Services....
...“Bill Clinton is an extraordinary and unique asset for Hillary,” said Donna Brazile, who was campaign manager for Mr Gore in 2000....
...As mayor in 2000, Giuliani managed to sail through a mini soap opera when he moved out of Gracie Mansion, his official residence, to live in the private apartment of a gay couple when his second wife, Donna...
...In other words, he is not a divo basically the male equivalent of the diva, a prima donna....
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