Call me Ted, will you, Rip? 'Theophilus' is unmanageable and 'Theo' is awkward. Everybody calls me Ted or Teddie, now.

Every time you turn around, there she is this summer in The Very best of Cher: The Video Hits Collection (Warner Bors. Records), not to mention her hooty '60s movies Good Times and Chastity (both MGM Home Video).

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These were emotional occasions for Ibn Battuta, who describes the beauty of the Quran reciters’ voices that worked upon the soul, humbled the heart, made the skin tingle and brought tears to the eyes.