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...charges. But then he appeared at least to bend that promise in a conference call with G.O.P. leaders, when he strategized about the content and timing of the statements they would put out. Congressman John Boehner joined in by cell phone from Florida; a scanner picked up the chat, and it was recorded by a local couple. On Friday excerpts appeared in the New York Times--leaked, said the Times, by a Democratic Congressman who got it from the couple...
...renderings of a black preacher's rolling sermon or the colorful chit-chat among the locals in a general store, Mosley displays a pitch-perfect gift for capturing the cadences of black speech that rivals the dialogue in Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man. Mosley, the son of a black maintenance supervisor and a white Jewish mother, has, like Ellison, a nuanced appreciation for black-white relationships that goes beyond the stereotypes that mar much recent fiction by black authors. Gone Fishin', of course, is not in Invisible Man's league; few novels are. But it firmly establishes Mosley...
...himself in a society that maintains, at best, only grudging respect for African Americans." As in Mosley's other novels, the plot is mostly incidental, a prop for his rich characterizations and astute social observations. "In his renderings of a black preacher?s rolling sermon or the colorful chit-chat among the locals in a general store, Mosley displays a pitch-perfect gift for capturing the cadences of black speech that rivals the dialogue in Ralph Ellison's 'Invisible Man,'" White notes. "'Gone Fishin',' of course, is not in 'Invisible Man's' league; few novels are. But it firmly establishes...
...writing constantly with advice and encouragement. Says Sidney, who now works for David as operations manager at the Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center: "He would take a late flight and get in past midnight, but he would always come to my room and wake me up for a brotherly chat." Ho became a father himself. He and his wife Susan Kuo, an artist, have three children: Kathryn, 18, Jonathan, 15, and Jaclyn, 10. Now and then, Ho sneaks away from his busy schedule to surprise his kids at school. This fall, after his picture appeared in TIME, he was invited...
...their fire and testosterone, these chat rooms and bulletin boards draw scores of believers hunting for new ways to understand their old religions. For Fundamentalists prohibited from openly discussing such social issues as homosexuality and abortion, the Net has become the best--and sometimes the only--way to get exposed to a wide range of religious opinion. aol users this fall have been able to follow the life of an Egyptian girl expelled from her family after converting to Christianity. "My mother gave me up," she wrote, recounting the apostasy that cost her her family even as an online debate...