Word: actualizations
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...completely false. For one, the U.S. could simply tell Israel to stop bombing Lebanon and Gaza or forfeit military aid. Israel would have no choice but to comply. The fact that the Bush Administration has not pursued that avenue to peace indicates that its stated priorities are not its actual goals. Feroze Sidhwa Sugar Land, Texas...
...SocG?n's Asian private bank, the fund is linked to a specially created Cayman Islands firm that, acting on the advice of wine experts and auction houses, buys and stores select vintages. Investors wanting to cash out after the minimum one-year holding period may redeem their shares for actual bottles of wine, which can be drunk or resold at a profit (or loss) by a wine broker. "It's a physical fund, and it's very liquid," quips Daniel Truchi, the CEO of SocG?n's private-banking operation in Asia. The minimum investment in the fund...
...accomplish with Overheard in New York? The blog has a couple of objectives. The most obvious is that it's a humor blog - its purpose is to entertain. At the same time, there are a couple more subtle things happening. One is that the actual way people talk is very different than the way we think people talk. When you're watching a TV show like Friends, the dialogue from the script is nothing like the way people actually talk to one another - random and full of non-sequiturs. OHinNY tries to capture authentic speech, diction and syntax, making...
...completely false. For one, the U.S. could simply tell Israel to stop bombing Lebanon and Gaza or forfeit military aid. Israel would have no choice but to comply. The fact that the Bush Administration has not pursued that avenue to peace indicates that its stated priorities are not its actual goals. Feroze Sidhwa Sugar Land, Texas, U.S. Hizballah deliberately provoked Israel's ferocious response to inspire and strengthen extremist groups and rogue nations. Why hasn't the world been more supportive of the Lebanese government in its efforts to strengthen that nation's administrative and military power? Harald Smedal Paradis...
...relieved to know that it's possible to have a nonawkward conversation with Curtis Sittenfeld. In fact, she answers the door of her sunny apartment in downtown Philadelphia with actual aplomb. Sittenfeld has a dramatically curvy nose, dark straight hair and a loud, appealing laugh. Seriocomic misunderstandings are kept to a minimum as we tour the study where she writes her novels; it's airy and messy - she and her boyfriend moved in last August, but there are still boxes on the floor. So far, you would never know that you were visiting the home of the Faulkner of awkwardness...