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...pages comparing Nixon to the actress and sex-symbol Lana Turner, of all people, arguing that they both “were isolated, manipulative, calculating, detached.” Even Morrow acknowledges that the overlong exercise is “on the face of it, a preposterous and frivolous comparison,” and the narrative flow, which is interrupted by a mini-biography of Turner, would have benefited from its absence. At times, the book feels more like a biographical pastiche of famous figures rather than a work specifically about Kennedy, Johnson and Nixon...
...chose to swipe for Darfur, then there would be no real problem. The reality, however, is that even those who dont elect to swipe will be facing the extra term-bill costs, and that is unfair. Understandably, a student paying more for room and board completely pales in comparison to the suffering of others in Darfur and elsewhere, but we cannot in good conscience endorse a plan that financially burdens those who elect to not participate...
...adorn with a shot of your child's smiling face. Many websites that store, share and print digital photos are in the business of putting your favorite images on clothing, accessories and collectibles, with surprisingly high-quality results. Here's a look at the best new products, plus a comparison of the four most popular sites as they stacked up in our side-by-side print test. --By Maryanne Murray Buechner...
...Kumin embraces the comparison. “I am very pleased to be ‘the feminist Robert Frost’—I can’t think of anything I’d rather be,” Kumin says...
...fallacious. Just look at the actual gender breakdown in the concentrations. In the graduating class of ’02, men only outnumbered women in the natural sciences 61 percent to 39 percent. (2001-02 is the most recent year for which I have comprehensive data.) By way of comparison, men outnumbered women 64 percent to 36 percent in economics and government, the two largest concentrations, while women were 65 percent of psychology undergraduates, the third largest concentration...