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By a quake in el salvador and, quite frankly, it is so unusual in this area that it was quite a shock and quite an abrupt, if not rude wake-up call. >> you joked about your son, but you realized pretty quickly what was going on. >> it wasn't until a guest in our house, my sister-in-law shouted earthquake that i suddenly realized, she's right. >> when i moved out to california a few years ago, i experienced my first quake and i guess what really struck me is when it started shaking, what you don't know is how long it's going to last and whether it's going to build and for me there was sort of t...

With the territory. you put your toe out there -- this is new. this is something afghans don't have experience with, a lot of countries around the world. he's not alone and wondering if he's attacked by some newspaper in the united states, is our government behind it? that's not unusual for us to encounter. i see it all the time in leaders i deal with. >> if there's people who get worried about our allies, frankly, not listening to united states -- take israel, for example, was the united states blind-sided by the fact that the prime minister decided not to come to this nuclear conference? >> ...

You put your toe out there -- this is new. this is something afghans don't have experience with, a lot of countries around the world. he's not alone and wondering if he's attacked by some newspaper in the united states, is our government behind it? that's not unusual for us to encounter. i see it all the time in leaders i deal with. >> if there's people who get worried about our allies, frankly, not listening to united states -- take israel, for example, was the united states blind-sided by the fact that the prime minister decided not to come to this nuclear conference? >> no. that's a decisio...

States -- take israel, for example, was the united states blind-sided by the fact that the prime minister decided not to come to this nuclear conference? >> no. that's a decision for the head of government or head of state. gordon brown is not coming, from great britain, kevin rudd is not coming from australia, king abdullah is not coming from saudi arabia. >> abrupt, though. there have been a couple of abrupt things. >> the indonesians and australians thought it was abrupt when the president said, by the way, i'm not coming on this long-planned trip. the israeli government will be represented...

Master's, he was appointed the design -- the head designer of givenchy, the famous fashion house, a position he held until 2001. his style, his abrupt, his aggressive style, the very look that he, himself, put forward, he was known as the enfant terrible, even known as a hooligan, an english hooligan of the fashion industry. alexander mcqueen was not only a designer, he actually created a genre, to the point of tonight, whether it be the new york fashion week or next week in paris, where he was due to show his collection, or in london, one has to say that tonight, the fashion world has lost on...