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...same River Twice reads at times like a D. H. Lawrence novella. It shares the same elaborate vision of a natural world at once aloof from and akin to humanity. But the autobiographical reminiscences add an endearing personal flourish...
Egypt is hardly alone in contending with a rebirth of Muslim fundamentalism. A tide of religious fervor has been sweeping across the Islamic belt, threatening to turn half a dozen countries into theocratic states akin to Iran, Sudan and Afghanistan. Terrorism, intolerance and revolution for export are some of the by-products. In their drive for cultural ascendancy, Islamists have found fertile ground in denouncing Western values -- and inspiring violent assaults...
Also For The Record: Playing a full screen of hockey with just 12 players like the women's hockey team did is akin to suiting up only 20 players for a football game. Harvard lost eight games by one-goal margins. Research has shown that fatigue of that level can induce hallucinogenic visions in laboratory animals...
Long-closed doors in the cavernous Old Executive Office Building are now open all day long, and doors connecting separate offices have been pried open. For the first time in years, people congregate in the halls to chat, turning the corridors into something akin to a high school between classes. The West Wing of the White House has been harder to change, since it is organized for "fat old men and their secretaries," as a Clinton aide put it. Last month Clinton asked about tearing down walls to make his horizontal management style work better, but was told it couldn...
...dealt with the unspoken question on everyone's agenda first: "I don't want you to think because I'm the President's wife, it's not O.K. to tell me what you think. I want everything on the table." Senior adviser Ira Magaziner describes his own role as akin to that of a ceo, with Clinton chairing the board. At Mrs. Clinton's insistence, the operation will be tightly scripted, with wall-posted schedules of deadlines for each of the 25 subgroups...