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...Alice would never tolerate that.) He is an excellent father and a faithful husband; the pure pleasure of his company overwhelms Alice's need to punish herself for her lethal mistake. He is clever and insightful - his emotional intelligence beggars his intellect - and blithely uninformed. His strengths are every bit as apparent as his weaknesses...
...emphasis on issues, as the actual substance—the platform and speeches –were weak on details," Padilla added. Zafran said he was pleased with the choice of Denver as a city, but noted that there were some drawbacks to the selection. "Unfortunately, [Denver] is a bit spread out and doesn't have enough hotel rooms downtown to accommodate all of the participants," Zafran said, "so 'less important' state [delegations] like my home state of New Jersey were staying in a hotel pretty far away from the downtown." But this small issue wasn't enough to diminish...
...boat, Miss Brandy. He built the boat 15 year ago and named it after his daughter, who is now 36 years old. Luke is portly, with a thick beard, and on this afternoon wore a faded red t-shirt with a kind of self-made v-neck. A bit of hair poked out. Despite the warnings about Gustav, Luke holed himself up in Miss Brandy, along with his deckhand, Charlie. "Things was bad," Luke says of Gustav. "We had a lot of wind, but not a lot of water." The water, he estimates, rose about three feet above normal...
...beer and burgers - or any meal - on Monday night as New Orleans bade goodbye to Gustav. So naturally it was a hot spot for Uptown residents (many of whom remained in the city because their neighborhood rarely floods). One tended the bar. Another set up generators to provide a bit of light, since Gustav's winds had knocked out electricity. Watts pointed to yet another band of protection: two New Orleans police officers sitting at the tip of the bar, drawn partly by the free meals that the Avenue offers law-enforcement officials. "It keeps them close," she says. Their...
...White House spokeswoman Dana Perino put the best face on the situation at the daily briefing in Washington today. "The President is very grateful for this opportunity. He's going to express his gratitude to all the people gathered in the hall," she said. "He will talk a little bit about the hurricane, but mainly the speech is going to focus on John McCain and why he believes that John McCain has the qualities that are demanded by the Commander in Chief role...