Word: apartness
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...bills its fare as “exotic Mediterranean,” and the décor of its two rooms seems to back that claim. Hand-wrought copper tables from Bosnia stand a comfortable distance apart in the dining room, where musicians of similar provenance perform from 10 p.m. on each Saturday and every other Thursday. (We unfortunately stopped by on a band-less night, although the music piped in over the sound system made digestion easy enough...
...ROBERT B. REICH Former Secretary of Labor in the Clinton Administration We cannot be strong if we're coming apart. We can't have a vibrant democracy if we don't listen to one another. Reach out to those you disagree with. Give poorer Americans more opportunities to get ahead. Be a man of faith, if you wish, but don't use faith to justify your policies. Restore civility to public discourse and tolerance to public life...
...rarely has it been so widespread and loud. Many of the political books that have dominated the best-seller lists--from Ann Coulter, Al Franken and the like--are as much about bias charges as about politics. The most active political blogs are full of posts that pick apart reports for slant. Both sides see the U.S. as the Matrix, a virtual reality in which citizens are conned into voting against their own interests. And considering the major screwups on major stories in the past four years, the public was ripe to believe the worst of the media...
What sets AntiGrav apart from earlier EyeToy titles is its appeal to both casual and serious gamers alike. Previous titles, on the other hand, suffered for appealing only to novices. In AntiGrav, however, mastering complex tricks like the gravitron (that's a backflip plus a 360 spin to the right) takes skill. The better you get, the more you are rewarded with surprises and new challenges. On a level called the Aerodome, for example, you ride through man-made lava, ice and jungles. In the Falls, you soar past waterfalls and skyscrapers. As you jump and duck, flip and soar...
...very much to heart. "I've understood that if we bend to the clichés and roles society assigns us, we'll never progress, never integrate, never really learn from each other," he says. "In a way, I guess I've become so integrated I can now stand apart and do things my way." Like rocking the Casbah - in Arabic...