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...those who know him best Sam Morison's bark is worse than his bite. At the age of fifty-four, the scholar with an almost forbidding air of formality has mellowed into an affable squire with a Pickwickian sense of humor. Though his main interests are still U. S. History before 1860 and Christopher Columbus, to hear him talk one would think that life consisted solely of sailing, horseback riding, and the tinkle of slender glasses filled with wine. Back in 1917 Professor Morison talked differently. The call to arms saw him enlist as a private, and though he never...
...rough and tumble though, voters might forget that these candidates are far more complex than all the media’s talk of vetting and dogging would suggest. Having overhyped the candidates’ bark, it’s time for media to start focusing on the issues, where the candidates can really bite...
...poodle named Miki, a Norfolk terrier called Coco and a Pekingese named Les were among the competitors at the annual Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show. But it was JOSH, a drooling, 155-lb. Newfoundland with a crowd-rousing bark who won best-in-show. Coming out of retirement to take his 46th career title, Josh tied the record for the biggest pooch to win at the New York City event. His response: a room-rattling woof...
...Hwang grew up in a hardscrabble village in the Korean countryside and remembers eating tree bark and grass roots to survive in the aftermath of the Korean War. His father died when Hwang was five, and his mother owned three cows that she bred for calves. The money kept the family going?cowpats heated their home?and it was Hwang's job to care for the animals after school. He was the only one in his class to get past elementary school, and his mother hoped he could become the village scribe, the most prestigious local...
...bills himself as a free trader, President Bush is finding it hard to ignore the millions of manufacturing jobs that have disappeared from states that will be pivotal in this year's election. He has unleashed U.S. Commerce Secretary Don Evans and U.S. Treasury boss John Snow to bark at the Chinese about exports and the cheap value of the yuan. Lawmakers sensitive to job dislocations among their constituents have loaded into the pipeline at least six bills that relate to trade with China. Jim Leach, the Iowa Republican who chairs the East Asian and Pacific Affairs Subcommittee...