What sets Queen Rania apart from other first ladies in the region is her egalitarian relationship with her husband.

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"I think no athlete would choose to deal with that situation once they are racing and in the biggest race of their career but I don't know what is happening from here, " said a tearful Alcott after skiing out on her first slalom run.

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In what is being described as the first inter-species computer chat, Koko will use her skills to answer questions from curious humans through the Internet provider America Online (AOL).

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While she's been accused of stealing, from Marilyn Monroe, or this icon or that icon, what she's really doing is first of all paying tribute, and also creating her own art in her own way.

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Her first starring vehicle, "Picture Perfect, " is not what you would call wildly inventive (I wouldn't even call it mildly inventive), but it's a nice, reasonable romantic comedy.

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It is what happened to Katie Lodge from Weston-super-Mare just before she was due her first immunisation.

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"Looking at Jodi's face, I think this is probably the first time in her life she has ever been held responsible for what she's done, ever, and I think she's in shock, " she said.

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What is more, she achieved her success by promoting a more humanist international agenda than her peers at the first ranks of American foreign policy leaders.

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If she and her husband can go with this flow, it will put them both back in control of what is still, first and foremost, their pregnancy.

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