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...TIME's article on my book The Holocaust in American Life [HISTORY, June 14], I am said to argue that the Holocaust is "unworthy of American tears." To the contrary, I repeatedly state in the book that tears--along with horror and awe--are perfectly appropriate ("worthy") responses to the Holocaust. My quarrel is with the notion that all these tears accomplish much. This, and not their worthiness, is the reason I ask in the book "why the eliciting of these responses from Americans is seen as so urgently important a task." PETER NOVICK Chicago...
...Bush always knew this. He rode his privilege joyously through these first 75 years but always with good humor, and every step of the way he thanked God and anybody else within earshot for "being the luckiest guy on earth." His constant awe about his luck may have been one reason he did not win a second presidential term, but once again Providence may have been dealing out a lucky hand, clearing the way for a new generation that could elevate him to something greater than mere political power--patriarch of history's most commanding family in American public life...
Corey-ality: "Trust me, Ben Affleck won't be around in 10 years... I've been around for 25! You would think people would be in awe...
...rumor" Hollywood stood in awe of. The public never seemed to get the aura of the word adultery, for Hepburn and Tracy seemed so very like the attractive people they played in nine films together...
...Willie Ray Norwood Sr., is impressed by this latest pairing. "I've loved Diana Ross my whole life," he says. Platinum's script sometimes called for Brandy's character to treat Ross with contempt. "I apologized to her after every scene," says Brandy, echoing her father's awe. "I was like, 'Ms. Ross, I'm just doing...