Word: asks
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...first to Cheney and then to David Petraeus), on the regulation of major economic institutions and, of course, after Hurricane Katrina - will come to be seen, I suspect, as the defining failure of George W. Bush as President. One hundred years from now, historians will scratch their heads and ask themselves the same question that plagues Alice Blackwell: How did this amiable but feckless man ever get to be President? Curtis Sittenfeld has provided a plausible secret history of an American embarrassment - and a grand entertainment...
...question when I was writing is (1) will I finish it, ever? That's a question that a lot of novelists ask themselves while writing. And (2) will I feel like it's good enough that I'll want it to be published? Those were the questions I was focused on. The fact is that in this day and age I don't think any novelist can assume that a book will get attention. There are books that have pretty provocative subjects that disappear without a trace. I would say that already it's gotten more attention than I anticipated...
...Closing that revolving door would mean a serious increase in salaries. We can't ask our spies to live in the back of beyond for 20 years and not pay them a professional's salary...
...think you're the oldest guy at Burning Man?" I ask...
...brutally destroyed by crime. Diaries and letters would never have survived the arsonist's blaze. But in today's era, Kirstie's page remains on the social networking site Bebo. She lists her best friends as Mel and Shan: "I love you two ... the Best Friends I Could Ever Ask For Always There When I Need...