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...ability to cloud men's minds like my hero the Shadow...
...permitting a basketball teammate of Jamal’s to sneer at him, “You may think we’re the same, but we’re not.” Van Sant follows suit, photographing a faculty-student function through a thick, sickly pale green cloud; his intent to demonize the people within it could not be made clearer if he equipped them all with red horns and pitchforks...
...there is a silver lining for Democrats in the cloud that is Al Gore's loss, it is that just-concluded election virtually ensures that their worst nightmare will never find root in the reality of a Bush administration. Sure, this Court handed the election to Bush - but it also raised many an eyebrow among an anxious public: Do we want a judiciary whose political leanings are so defined, and carry such weight? The Bush White House will be very much aware of that skepticism, and that knowledge - combined with the specter of a full 50 percent of Americans...
Christina Hoff Sommers, a conservative education analyst, writes in her recent book, The War Against Boys, that schoolboys are "routinely regarded as protosexists, potential harassers and perpetuators of gender inequity" who "live under a cloud of censure." Sommers cites studies showing that boys come to school less prepared than girls, do less homework and get suspended more often. "For males, there's no social currency in being a straight-A student," says Clifford Thornton, associate dean of admissions at Wesleyan University. Although the latest figures show that college graduates earn, on average, almost double the wages of those with...
...climate (average temperature: 72[degrees]F). Nearby is the Cariari Country Club, an exclusive resort with an 18-hole golf course, spa and swimming pool. Further afield lie the wilds for which the country is famous: more than a quarter of Costa Rica's territory--which includes everything from cloud forests and tropical beaches to mountains and volcanic craters--is protected. A word of advice: hire a competent, English-speaking attorney--not always easy to find in this Spanish-speaking land--to handle any real estate purchase...