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...Abraham Lincoln wrote in a letter to Albert G. Hodges, "I claim not to have controlled events, but confess plainly that events have controlled me." Lincoln was often extremely modest, but this remark was the result of more than humility. Lincoln, particularly as the Civil War stretched into its fourth year, was painfully aware of how much was beyond his control. David Herbert Donald in his biography Lincoln carefully examines the life of Abraham Lincoln from his birth in rural Kentucky through his death...
ATONEMENT IS AN ANCIENT AND ARTful tradition in Washington, when politicians kneel to confess their faults and promise to sin no more. Maybe it was the example of hundreds of thousands of men converging on the capital in a call to genuine repentance that inspired President Clinton and Bob Dole to do some penance themselves last week. But in their case, the gestures of apology wound up looking more shameful than the original...
...have to confess that I had some doubts about whether other art car owners might be a little far out in left field," Stevenson said, "but once I met them I found out they were normal people...
Baghdad has rushed to confess because Hussein Kamel al-Majid, Saddam's son-in-law and the senior general in charge of his nuclear and biological weapons programs, defected to Jordan on Aug. 8. Saddam knew he couldn't keep Hussein Kamel quiet, so he decided to try to make points with the U.N. by producing a flood of information on the weapons program. The day after Hussein Kamel defected, the chairman of the U.N. special commission on Iraq, Rolf Ekeus, received a letter from Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Tariq Aziz summoning him to Baghdad for "new and important revelations...
...produce section continues to divulge its secrets. "Ladies! Americans are getting away from having one kind of lettuce in their salads," Raftery declaims, pointing out the arugula and radicchio. "But I have to confess that if I give these fancy kinds to my kids, they say, 'Maaaa ...'" She segues into a recipe for fried zucchini sticks ("Really nice for company...