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...chains, with their reliance on self-service, rarely provide: the warm ambiance of the hometown library. Buyers prefer to talk to booksellers, not to supermarket-style check-out clerks. They like to attend readings by authors or slip off their shoes in a homey shop, settle into an armchair and browse for an hour. Many of these stores provide coffee and other refreshments; Atlanta's Oxford Books (115,000 titles) has a lunch counter and stays open until 2 a.m. on weekends. Says owner Rupert LeCraw: "We've built a following of regular customers who don't even go into...
Through it all, the Bush Administration defended its actions without apology. "It's easy to be an armchair general," Secretary of State James Baker said with evident irritation to his Capitol Hill critics. "You don't ((risk American lives)) on the basis of someone else's plans and in response to rapidly changing circumstances...
...powerful that now encourages him to aspire to something beyond the National Space Council. For although he has no formal military or national-security credentials, what he privately covets is nothing less than Ryan's job as deputy director (intelligence) of the CIA. It may be only an armchair ambition, but at moments he seriously weighs whether he could handle the challenge. "I think I would be pretty good at it," he muses. "Maybe I could find out someday if I'm as smart...
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...despair about coming to Harvard, armchair QB. If watching or competing in athletics is your favorite method of "getting away from it all," be prepared to get away...