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...resolved in the waning moments of 2007 to become a better listener in 2008. Sure, I wasn’t the worst listener around??I could certainly carry on a coherent conversation. But there were times when I would repeatedly ask the same questions, fail to understand the conclusion of a story, or even bid someone new farewell with the wrong name. And while it may not have cost me any friendships, my simple lack of attention in common verbal circumstances made me feel self-centered too often...
...Perhaps it is inevitable that a candidate who defies expectations as boldly as Obama will meet ruthless criticism. Voters have been told that Obama is an unabashed radical who “pals around?? with terrorists, a troublemaker who passes off his rabble-rousing as “community organizing,” a socialist who seeks to redistribute wealth and take away personal choice, and even a self-proclaimed Messiah who puts his own ambition before the good of his country. Such allegations are desperate efforts to engender hatred against a candidate who represents sweeping change...
Yannatos, who signs his student emails “hugs all around?? and hosts a dinner at his home after each concert season, is unsurprisingly regarded with similar warmth by his students...
...straightforwardly. The opening scenes recount the effects of the “Swift Boat” attacks on Democrat John Kerry’s campaign. Ominous music plays as the words, “This is the story of one filmmaker’s failed attempt to turn things around?? appear onscreen. Yet the documentary loses direction with startling celerity. Gone is the Michael Moore who sharply analyzed America’s gun culture in 2002’s “Bowling for Columbine.” In his stead is a veritable egomaniac, feeding off fans?...
...Cross says. “I just hope I give them a good show.”Good show or not, the event will be a once in a lifetime opportunity for all of them. At least that will be the case until the 2012 London Olympics comes around??as the youngest fencer in the top 11 of the international rankings, Cross will likely represent the United States in those games also. —Staff writer Jake I. Fisher can be reached at jifisher@fas.harvard.edu...