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...sleight of hand and his specialty is handling cards, in many ways, only incidental to the power of his performance. Most essentially, he is a master of words. His tremendous facility with language, his mastery of speaking rhythms and his effortless ad-libs all establish him as a classic raconteur...
...devote a considerable amount of his time to explaining why it's a misnomer for the current situation in Afghanistan. He was responding to the steady rumble from the media, politicians, Afghanistan experts and even some U.S. allies that the operation has the hallmarks of a classic military-political quagmire - unclear goals, no visible victory post and no convincing exit strategy...
Postseason glory is one thing, but let’s face it, it’s something we’re exposed to every year. Someone has to play in the Fall Classic. It’s impressive to do it after existing for a mere four years, but if the Diamondbacks didn’t, some other good team would have. We can count on these things happening every year—champagne sprayed around a locker room, cliché-ridden speeches to FOX sideline reporters and phone calls from the President. Winning the World Series is a wonderful...
...election effort two years ago— in which he placed 17th out of 24 candidates—Williamson said the replacement of the classic Harvard Square diner The Tasty by an Abercrombie & Fitch chain was emblematic of the problems facing Cambridge...
...according to Shapiro. The program reaches almost 35,000 kids a year, up from 14,000 a decade ago. The increase is due in part, Shapiro thinks, to a new understanding of how to make writing more interesting. "Writing used to be a punishment," she points out, using the classic image of teachers' assigning kids the task of writing "I will not spit in Susie's hair" 100 times. "In the past two decades, there has been a realization that with so many things competing for kids' attention, we must teach writing properly, show kids how powerful...