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1.Hundreds of fans lined up outside a New York City bookstore for autographed copies of Paul McCartney's new children's book--High in the Clouds. McCartney took a break from his current US tour to make the appearance.
2.The engagement is off, but Paris Latsis has only kind words for ex-fiancee Paris Hilton. The 22-year-old Greek shipping heir called Hilton in his words "the most incredible woman I have ever met in my life".
3.And fashion designer Vivienne Westwood launched a line of T-shirts to take a stand against proposed anti-terror legislation during Paris Fashion Week. The T-shirts say "I am not a terrorist ,please don't arrest me." Westwood designed the shirts to raise money for one of Britain's largest civil rights organizations called Liberty
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If you take or make a stand, you do something or say something in order to make it clear what your attitude to a particular thing is.
He felt the need to make a stand against racism in South Africa.
They must take a stand and cast their votes.
His tough stand won some grudging admiration.
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