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...completely and unexpectedly that even now it boggles the mind. Like captive barbarians paraded in a Roman triumph, the vanquished Republican champions pass before us: the hapless Bush the Elder, checking his watch during a debate and fading into the Kennebunkport twilight; the brilliant Gingrich, undone by Clinton's charm and his own erratic temperament; the caustic, unhappy Dole, grimacing as Clinton sailed past his floundering campaign and into a second term. Finally, there was Ken Starr, the rosy-cheeked champion of law and order--beaten, in the end, as the perjured, priapic president cast himself (ah, irony...
...encounter with Mr. Kurtz in Conrad's Heart of Darkness. This man who is responsible for so much of Colombia's barbarity possesses a glittering, dangerous lucidity. After seeing Castano on TV last August, wearing a casual white sweater instead of his usual combat gear and talking with great charm and simple logic, many Colombians began to think that in a twisted way his war makes sense. "The art of the guerrillas is to hide themselves among the civilians. That may give them immunity against the army and police but not against us," Castano says chillingly. After all, say some...
Moving on, however, is not as easy as it might seem. The "good life" is intoxicating, and like any other narcotic, its charm is not easily broken and its demands are increasingly hard to meet. It is no surprise that each succeeding reunion sees its alums driving better cars than the last, for if luxury is not ever replacing itself, it risks becoming mundane. To keep up with this lifestyle, we have to ensure that, whatever we're doing, we're able to finance its demands. But when these demands tend to hollow out any meaningful core to our lives...
Murphy does his homework and does it with charm, but after a point, his teams need to execute on the field more consistently. A certain former men's hockey coach also was an excellent recruiter and schmoozer, but he never could translate the talent to actual game success after his initial years...
...tacky, both perpetual adolescents. When Elvis was performing, the person in the farthest balcony seat thought Elvis was performing directly for him. Go into a large room of people with Bill Clinton, and it seems like he's talking directly at you. It's a kind of rakish charm on overload. There's a disdain for both Clinton and Presley by the East Coast elites, who saw them as backward, Pentecostal hillbillies, when in truth both were very sophisticated at what they do. They will both be forever lampooned, yet real people who understand popular music know why Elvis...