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Excess is always??wretched, whether we're talking executive-compensation packages or some guy trying to squeeze his Hummer into a parking space clearly labeled COMPACT. When we succumb to the Big Gulp ethos, as inevitably we do, it leaves us feeling shamefaced and guilty. It never leaves us laughing, and that's something Hollywood needs to think about...
...have always??been deeply grieved by the situation in Africa, but I resent the bleeding-heart bias of Sachs' book. No one forces people in poor countries into the irresponsible sexual behavior that leads to AIDS and neglected, even orphaned children. So what if the U.S. gives so little aid to the poor? Other nations also contribute funds. At any rate, money is not the answer...
...average driver in the last decade or so might grumble at his beloved during a traffic jam or on the day that the insurance premium came due; he might actually feel a bit shamed when comparing notes with a sports-car fanatic. But he always ?or nearly always???remained loyal to that sleek machine in the showroom...
...restaurants and cabarets, Fielding is always???if he can manage it?incognito. He reserves a table in advance, either under an alias (Parker, Stone and Phillips are his favorites) or in the name of a local friend whom he is taking to lunch or dinner. Temp has four basic test dishes: eggs Benedict ("You can tell a lot from the consistency of the hollandaise"), vol-au-vent ("So often it's gucky"), bouillabaisse ("Every maritime country has its own version") and coquilles St. Jacques. He is an expert at moving food around on his plate to make it look...
...course, the general's departure mattered to France. Most Frenchmen woke up in the first days of what might be called A.D. (After De Gaulle) slightly dazed and a little disbelieving at what they had wrought. Some had doubted De Gaulle's resolve when he told them?arbitrarily, as always???that a non vote would really end his rule. Others, long accustomed to the Gaullist unexpected, wondered whether it was really for keeps, or whether De Gaulle might not still somehow come thundering back into the arena. Above all, the French, the inveterately rationalist sons and daughters of Descartes...