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There are futility metaphors aplenty here: The contrast between the swaggering President and the squabbling Dems. The nonargument over periphera. The absence of an audience. But then, the Democrats have excelled at futility for more than 30 years. They have elected two Presidents during that time, Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton. Both were Governors of Southern states. Neither was a well-known party leader. Neither ran on what many Democrats would consider a traditional--that is, liberal--agenda. Carter was the first born-again Christian President; Clinton once owned a pickup truck with AstroTurf carpeting in the back. Carter...
...cheaply. That's because, for geological reasons, Iraq boasts the world's most prolific wells. In 1979, the year before Iraq's oil fields were devastated by the first of three wars, its wells produced an average of 13,700 bbl. each per day. By contrast, each Saudi well averaged 10,200 bbl. U.S. wells, which are gradually drying up, averaged just 17 bbl. It would take more than 800 U.S. wells to pump as much oil as a typical Iraqi well. Consequently, production costs in Iraq are much lower. The average cost of bringing a barrel...
...Persepolis" has a simplicity that resonates with having a child as its main character. Unlike the complex nuances of the story, the artistic details are minimal and shading is non-existent. Instead the artwork of "Persepolis" takes on a wood-cut look. Satrapi makes wonderful use of solid, high-contrast black shapes. Veteran readers of quality comix will immediately think of David B.'s masterful "Epileptic I" (see TIME.comix review) of last year. Both books are childhood memoirs done in similar styles, though David B. has the greater graphic skill. In fact both authors are part of the same French...
...example, were once a form of direct action that gave voice to a defiant and threatened sexuality—as in the infamous series of ACT UP (AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power) kiss-ins at St. Patrick’s Cathedral. The BGLTSA’s kiss-in, by contrast, was an exercise in timidity, an attempt to normalize same-sex affection as a part of the tedium of everyday life—something to ingest along with your Chick-Fil-A. While we enjoy having our sexuality served alongside a sandwich as much as the next person, it seems...
...contrast to some earlier eras, when Harvard looked at Victorian houses only as they fit into the University’s development plans, he says the current restoration project will help to “knit back the fabric of the neighborhood...