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...Contrast Washington and Lincoln with two failed Presidents. Lincoln's successor, Andrew Johnson, became President because of one man's bullet rather than all men's ballots. Yet he unilaterally undid several Lincoln policies, flouting federal law in the process. Unlike Lincoln, who built bridges to leading war Democrats, Johnson demonized his critics. So did Nixon a century later. Equating criticism of the Vietnam War with disloyalty, Nixon hit the opposition party with illegal surveillance and electoral dirty tricks...
...Number of pounds the average American gains during the holiday season--a contrast to the 5-to-10-lb. gain of popular belief...
...Following a spate of sensational news reports on Tokyo runaways earlier this fall, the police belatedly took to the streets. In a highly publicized runaway sweep, 450 officers fanned out over 10 days in mid-September. They found, in all of Tokyo, just 64. By contrast, a reporter in the course of a few hours can find at least half a dozen...
...Another contrast is provided by a 1928 black-and-white film of various Afghan cities, followed by a selection of modern photographs by TIME's James Natchwey and Anthony Suau, among others. The movie is grainy, mainly showing markets and minarets, the photos sharp, concentrated on war and refugees. Though separated by decades, and light years of technological advances, there is a sense of sameness in the images. Afghanistan appears as a dusty realm of bearded men in turbans, overladen donkeys, women hidden from view in the background, children with eyes that have seen too much. Fortunately, the rest...
Channing’s Styron has spent her entire life subduing her femininity in order to climb the corporate ladder, sacrificing a marriage and the chance for a family to a hectic work schedule and briefcase full of Valium and Zoloft. Stiles’ Murphy, in contrast, exploits being female, teasing men in elevators, coming on to Styron and punishing men. The dynamic and growing relationship between the two causes Styron to question her life choices, but also causes Murphy to escalate her exploitations. The characters serve the story nicely, but Murphy is too extreme; audience members might find themselves...